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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-empowerment-scotland-act-2015/section-96",
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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": "section/96",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) A relevant authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers about the carrying out of functions by the authority under this Part.\n(2) Before issuing such guidance, the Scottish Ministers must consult such persons as they think fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 96 in force at 13.11.2015 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2015/358, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 96 in force at 23.1.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2016/363, art. 3(b)"
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/6/section/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:50.337594+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}