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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2003/article-2n1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/205",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2003",
  "path": "article/2n1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions of the Act",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 2003:–\n(a) in section 2 (care services)\n(i) subsection (1)(n);\n(ii) subsection (7) so far as not already in force;\n(iii) subsection (8); and\n(iv) subsection (27); and\n(b) section 8 (limited registration).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/205/article/2n1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:54.263901+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."
}