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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-order-2018/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-order-2018/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/626",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-order-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Order paves the way for the Scottish Government and UK Government to enter into agency arrangements, under which the UK Government can exercise certain social security functions on behalf of the Scottish Government. Any such arrangements would require to be agreed between the UK Government and the Scottish Government.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/626/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:37.008101+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."
}