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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seat-belts-on-school-transport-scotland-act-2017/section-5",
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  "legislation": "asp/2017/7",
  "legislation_title": "Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seat-belts-on-school-transport-scotland-act-2017",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Guidance on wearing of seat belts",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers must publish guidance about the steps which a school authority may take to promote and to assess the wearing of seat belts by pupils carried by the authority's dedicated school transport services.\n(2) A school authority must have regard to such guidance.\n(3) Before publishing such guidance, the Scottish Ministers must consult—\n(a) such persons as they consider to be representative of school authorities, and\n(b) such other persons as they consider appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 1.8.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/195, reg. 3(1)"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/7/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:20.003175+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."
}