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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-scotland-act-2003/section-18",
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  "legislation": "asp/2003/12",
  "legislation_title": "Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of six months beginning with the date of Royal Assent.",
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  "status": null,
  "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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