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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1988/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1988/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/42",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1988",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1988.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of six months beginning with the day on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/42/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:45.528763+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."
}