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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-5-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/148",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2004",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "1st April 2004 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003–\n(a) section 4(d);\n(b) section 17 insofar as it relates to the provisions in Schedule 4 specified in paragraph (c); and\n(c) in so far as they are not already in force, paragraphs 3, 4(d), 5(2), (10) to (13), (14) (insofar as it relates to the entry relating to the Medical Practices Committee), (16) and (18), 11(a), 14, 15, 16(a) and 17(a)(ii) of Schedule 4.",
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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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