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  "legislation_title": "Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acquisition-of-land-authorisation-procedure-scotland-act-1947",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to re-enact in the form in which they apply to Scotland the provisions of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946.\n[31st July 1947]",
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      "text": "Act extended by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 76, Sch. 4 para. 93(1); applied by acts listed in Chronological Table of the Statutes"
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      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1945 (c. 62), s. 3"
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      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act extended by Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56, SIF 28:2), s. 20(5), by Offshore Petroleum Development (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 8, SIF 86), s. 20(3), by Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 13, SIF 112), s. 2(2), by Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22, SIF 4:4), s. 55(3), by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), Sch. 2 para. 4 and by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 110(3)"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act extended by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 58, Sch. 2 para. 1(1)"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69, SIF 61), s. 88(3)(b)"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act applied (except ss. 4–8, 27 and 31) by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 59(2)(b)"
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s.9(3), Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 14"
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      "text": "Act applied by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 10(2), 88(4), 335"
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      "text": "Act extended by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 120(2), 121(4), 124(2), 251(2), 256(1), 335"
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 95(2), 335, Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 5(3)"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "Act applied by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 2(5)"
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      "label": "C15",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 10(1), Sch. 3 Pt. III paras. 15–23, Sch. 17 para. 35(1)"
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 38(2)"
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (1.4.1991) by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 8(12)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C20",
      "text": "Definition of \"owner\" applied (1.4.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 5(5); S.I. 1991/2633, art. 4"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C21",
      "text": "Act applied (1.4.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 5(9); S.I. 1991/2633, art.4"
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    {
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      "label": "C22",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (16.5.1992) by Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 37), s. 31(1)(6) (with s. 30(2)); S.I. 1992/817, art. 3(2), Sch.1Act applied (with modifications)(27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xii, s. 1, Sch. Pt. II para. 12(2).Act applied (with modifications) (30.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/2716, reg. 98(4)Act applied (with modifications) (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 9, ss. 42(3), 83(2) (with s. 45(4))"
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    {
      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Act extended (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(iii); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2Act extended (with modifications) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 26(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3Act extended (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 8, ss. 189(7)(8), 278(2)Act extended (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 8, ss. 190(5), 278(2)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C24",
      "text": "Act applied (23.12.1999) by S.S.I. 1999/201, arts. 23(2) (with art. 29)Act applied (23.12.1999) by S.S.I. 1999/203, arts. 24(2) (with art. 30)Act applied (with modifications) (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 5(3) (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2Act applied (with modifications) (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 95, Sch. 5 Pt. III paras. 14, 15; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(3), Sch. 3Act modified (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 1 (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2"
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    {
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 4 para. 4(4) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)"
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      "label": "C28",
      "text": "Act applied (9.2.2005) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2), ss. 16(4), 100(3) (with s. 100(2)); S.S.I. 2005/17, art. 2(a)"
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by 1994 c. 21, s. 4F(3) (as inserted (20.6.2005) by Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3), ss. 30(1), 37(2) (with s. 36); S.S.I. 2005/351, art. 2, sch. 1)"
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (1.3.2010) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), s. 125(4)(5)241(8) (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(f) (with art. 6)"
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