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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-amendment-order-1999/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1595",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Complaints of Maladministration) Amendment Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-amendment-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1967 Act” means the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967;\n“the principal Order” means the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Complaints of Maladministration) Order 1999;\n“the Scottish Commissioner” means the Scottish Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration appointed in accordance with article 4 of the principal Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/1351."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1595/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:41:19.539498+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."
}