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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1351",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Complaints of Maladministration) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Status",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Commissioner shall be regarded as holding office under Her Majesty and as exercising his functions on behalf of the Crown.\n(2) Service as the Scottish Commissioner or as a member of staff of the Scottish Commissioner shall not be service in the Home Civil Service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1351/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:24.082123+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."
}