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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-establishments-scotland-act-1987repealed/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/40",
  "legislation_title": "Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987(repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-establishments-scotland-act-1987repealed",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint and different days may be so appointed for different provisions or different purposes.\n(3) This Act applies to Scotland only.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 8(2) fully exercised: 17.10.1988 appointed by Commencement Order (not being a Statutory Instrument) made 26.9.1988 and published in Edinburgh Gazette on 30.9.1988"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/40/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:30.902969+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."
}