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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-qualifications-authority-transitional-provisions-scotland-order-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-qualifications-authority-transitional-provisions-scotland-order-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2249",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Qualifications Authority (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-qualifications-authority-transitional-provisions-scotland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Qualifications Authority (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 18th September 1996.\n(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2249/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:13.446199+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."
}