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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-2000-commencement-no-2-scotland-order-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/452",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-2000-commencement-no-2-scotland-order-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 shall come into force on 8th January 2001:–\n(a) section 1(3) and (5);\n(b) section 2(4);\n(c) section 3;\n(d) section 4(1), (2), (3) (except paragraphs (a) and (b)), (4) (except paragraph (d)), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) (except those provisions in subsection (9) which relate only to England and Wales or Northern Ireland);\n(e) section 5(1) and (3); and\n(f) section 6(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/452/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:48:35.198807+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."
}