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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-public-authorities-inquiries-procedure-scotland-rules-1998/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2313",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase by Public Authorities (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-public-authorities-inquiries-procedure-scotland-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Preliminary action to be taken by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "The Secretary of State, if he intends to cause an inquiry to be held, shall give written notice–\n(a) of that intention to –\n(i) the acquiring authority;\n(ii) each statutory objector; and\n(iii) every other person who has made a representation about the order to the Secretary of State, and\n(b) to the acquiring authority of the substance of each objection made by a statutory objector, and, so far as practicable, of the substance of any other objections.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2313/article/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."
}