{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-finance-and-accountability-scotland-act-2000-access-to-documents-and-information-relevant-persons-order-2003/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-finance-and-accountability-scotland-act-2000-access-to-documents-and-information-relevant-persons-order-2003/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/530",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Access to Documents and Information) (Relevant Persons) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-finance-and-accountability-scotland-act-2000-access-to-documents-and-information-relevant-persons-order-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Access to Documents and Information) (Relevant Persons) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 21st November 2003.\n(2) In this Order, “the 2000 Act” means the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/530/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:19.025035+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}