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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-finance-and-accountability-scotland-act-2000-commencement-order-2000/schedule",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/10",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-finance-and-accountability-scotland-act-2000-commencement-order-2000",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST FEBRUARY 2000",
  "text": "Provision\nSubject matter\nPurpose\nSection 5\nCredits for payments out of the Fund\nOnly for the purpose of enabling credits to be granted to take effect no earlier than 1st April 2000\nSection 10 (1), (2) and (4)\nAudit Scotland\nSection 10(4) is commenced only for the purpose of enabling directions to be given to take effect no earlier than 1st April 2000\nSection 10(6) and schedule 2\nAudit Scotland: further provisions\nParagraphs 5 and 6 of schedule 2 are commenced only for the purpose of enabling Audit Scotland to exercise powers under those paragraphs so as to make provision to take effect no earlier than 1st April 2000\nSection 11(7) and (9)\nAudit Scotland: receipts and proposals for use of resources and expenditure\nSection 11(9) is commenced only for the purpose of requiring the preparation and examination of proposals under that subsection relating to the financial year beginning with 1st April 2000\nSection 12 and schedule 3\nScottish Commission for Public Audit\nSection 13\nAuditor General for Scotland\nSection 14(1)\nPrincipal accountable officer for the Scottish Administration\nSection 15(1), (2), (6) and (7)\nDesignation of accountable officers for the Scottish Administration and determination of their functions\nOnly for the purpose of enabling designations of accountable officers and determinations of their functions to be made to take effect no earlier than 1st April 2000\nSection 24(5) and (6)\nSpecification of “relevant persons”\nOnly for the purpose of enabling an order to be made under section 24(5) to come into force no earlier than 1st April 2000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/10/schedule",
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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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