{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983-remedial-scotland-revocation-order-2019/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983-remedial-scotland-revocation-order-2019/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2019/408",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People Act 1983 Remedial (Scotland) Revocation Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983-remedial-scotland-revocation-order-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People\nMade 27th November 2019\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd December 2019\nComing into force 27th January 2020\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 14(5) of the Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 14(4) of the 2001 Act, the Scottish Ministers have laid before the Scottish Parliament a statement summarising all the observations to which they had to have regard under section 14(3) of the 2001 Act in relation to the Representation of the People Act 1983 Remedial (Scotland) Order 2019, and have specified that they consider it appropriate to revoke that Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 asp 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2019/261."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/408/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:36.957423+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."
}