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2010.</p></content></paragraph></article><article eId="article-2"><heading>Appointed day</heading><num>2.</num><paragraph eId="article-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Subject to paragraph (2), 1st April 2012 is the day appointed for the provisions of <abbr title="Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 17">the Act</abbr> specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to come into force, in so far as not already in force.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of Schedule 1, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.</p></content></paragraph></article><article eId="article-3"><heading>Transitional and savings provisions</heading><num>3.</num><content><p>Schedule 2 makes transitional and savings provisions in connection with the provisions of <abbr title="Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 asp 17">the Act</abbr> commenced in this Order.</p></content></article><hcontainer 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