{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-23A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-23A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/23A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23A",
  "heading": "Power to impose requirements on specific bodies",
  "text": "(1) Section 23 applies in relation to requirements imposed on a person in connection with the discharge of the functions of a body mentioned in subsection (2) in relation to Scotland with the omission of—\n(a) the words after paragraph (b) in subsection (1), and\n(b) subsections (2) and (6).\n(2) The bodies are—\n(a) the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses,\n(b) the Office of Communications, and\n(c) the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 23A inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 66(2), 72(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/23A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:08.185252+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."
}