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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-administration-of-the-parliament-order-1999/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Administration of the Parliament) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-administration-of-the-parliament-order-1999",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provision of staff and services for the Parliament from 1st June 1999",
  "text": "(1) In the period from 1st June 1999 until 1st April 2002, or such earlier date as the Parliamentary corporation may specify by notice in writing given to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall provide such staff and services as the Parliamentary corporation may request in accordance with paragraph (2).\n(2) The Parliamentary corporation may request the provision of staff or services under paragraph (1) only if–\n(a) the staff or services are necessarily required for the purposes of the Parliament; and\n(b) it is not reasonably practicable for the Parliamentary corporation to provide the staff or services itself.\n(3) The Parliamentary corporation may give different notices under paragraph (1) specifying different dates for different purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1098/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:26.982328+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."
}