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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2003/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/602",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2003",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2003.\n(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2004/45",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Amendment Order 2004"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/602/article/1",
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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."
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