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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1972-repealed-141997/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/24",
  "legislation_title": "Social Work (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 1.4.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1972-repealed-141997",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation.",
  "text": "This Act may be cited as the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1972, and the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and this Act may be cited together as the Social Work (Scotland) Acts 1968 and 1972.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/24/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:06.211444+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."
}