{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-regulations-2002/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-regulations-2002/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2002/561",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) These regulations may be cited as the Scottish Local Government Elections Regulations 2002.\n(2) These regulations shall come into force on the day following that on which they are made except for the purposes of any election where the last day for publication of the notice of election in respect of that election precedes that date.\n(3) These regulations shall extend to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/561/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:46.110887+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."
}