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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burgh-customs-scotland-act-1870/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/33-34/42",
  "legislation_title": "Burgh Customs (Scotland) Act 1870",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burgh-customs-scotland-act-1870",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to empower Magistrates and town councils of burghs in Scotland to abolish petty customs and to levy a rate in lieu thereof.\n[1st August 1870]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Short title “The Burgh Customs (Scotland) Act 1870” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Councils of counties, counties of cities, large burghs, small burghs and districts now abolished and regional, islands and district councils constituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act amended with the substitution for any reference to a specified officer of a local authority of a reference to the proper officer of a local authority by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. I para. 2 subject as in that paragraph mentioned"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Words of enactment and certain other words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)"
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  "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."
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