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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/20",
  "legislation_title": "Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016",
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  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provision of burial ground outwith local authority area",
  "text": "A local authority may provide a burial ground that is situated wholly or partly outwith the area of the authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 4 in force at 28.12.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/417, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 4)"
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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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