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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-empowerment-scotland-act-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "asp/2015/6",
  "legislation_title": "Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-empowerment-scotland-act-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about national outcomes; to confer functions on certain persons in relation to services provided by, and assets of, certain public bodies; to amend Parts 2 and 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003; to enable certain bodies to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land; to amend section 7C of the Forestry Act 1967; to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision about supporters' involvement in and ownership of football clubs; to make provision for registers of common good property and about disposal and use of such property; to restate and amend the law on allotments; to enable participation in decision-making by specified persons having public functions; to enable local authorities to reduce or remit non-domestic rates; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 17th June 2015 and received Royal Assent on 24th July 2015",
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  "version": "current",
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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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