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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-scotland-act-2010-commencement-no-7-order-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-scotland-act-2010-commencement-no-7-order-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table) is 1st April 2016.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table) is 1st April 2017.\n(3) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of either table, a provision mentioned in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), as applicable, only for that purpose.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/22/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:51.538480+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."
}