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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2010/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/180",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2010",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision relating to references under sections 2(1) or 4(1) of the 2003 Act",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where prior to the relevant date—\n(a) Ministers have received a reference under section 2(1) or 4(1) of the 2003 Act, as the case may be; and\n(b) Ministers have not commenced their consideration of that reference under section 5 (inclusion in the list following referral under section 2(1) or 4(1)) of the 2003 Act.\n(2) Where this paragraph applies—\n(a) a reference under section 2 (reference following disciplinary action etc.) of the 2003 Act is to be treated for all purposes as if prescribed information had been given to Ministers under section 3 (reference following disciplinary action etc.), section 4 (reference by employment agency) or section 5 (reference by employment business) of the Act, whichever corresponds most closely to the reference under the 2003 Act; and\n(b) a reference under section 4 (reference by certain other persons) of the 2003 Act is to be treated for all purposes as if prescribed information had been given to Ministers under section 8 (reference by certain other persons) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/180/article/3",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}