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  "legislation_title": "Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2021",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to increase penalties and provide additional powers to investigate and enforce the offence of livestock worrying, and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 24th March 2021 and received Royal Assent on 5th May 2021",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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