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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-general-transitory-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-1999/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/901",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-general-transitory-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers",
  "text": "(1) The transfer, by virtue of section 53 of the Act, of any function exercisable by a Minister of the Crown to the Scottish Ministers shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown before the date on which the transfer takes effect.\n(2) Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the time when that transfer takes effect, is in the process of being done by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown may, so far as it relates to any function transferred, be continued by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers.\n(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown for the purposes of or in connection with any function transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Act shall if in force at the time when that transfer takes effect, have effect as if done by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers in so far as that is required for continuing its effect after that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1334",
      "affecting_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/901/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:21.091034+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."
}