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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021/section-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2021/4",
  "legislation_title": "UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duration of the section 1(1) power",
  "text": "(1) No regulations may be made under section 1(1) after the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the day on which section 1(1) comes into force.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations extend the period mentioned in subsection (1).\n(3) That power may be exercised more than once.\n(4) But the period mentioned in subsection (1) may not be extended by regulations under subsection (2) beyond the end of the period of 10 years beginning with the day on which section 1(1) comes into force.\n(5) Subsection (1) does not affect the continuation in force of any regulations made under section 1(1) during the period mentioned in subsection (1) (including any period of extension provided by regulations under subsection (2)).\n(6) Regulations under subsection (2) are subject to the affirmative procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 29.3.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/141, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/4/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:00.235346+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."
}