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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/304",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2001",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st October, and 20th December, 2001 certain provisions of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001. That Act (other than the provisions already commenced by section 81(2) of the Act) falls to be brought into force by Commencement Order and this is the first such Order.\nThe provisions commenced by this Order are listed in article 2.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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