{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/article-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/article-84.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/425",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015",
  "path": "article/84",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Dissolution of Parliament: minimum period",
  "text": "The “minimum period” for the purpose of section 2(3) of the 1998 Act (ordinary general elections) is a period of 20 days, computed in accordance with rule 2 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules (computation of time).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 84 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.S.I.) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/313), arts. 1(1), 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 84 in force at 16.12.2015 in accordance with art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/425/article/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:30.085872+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."
}