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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-constituencies-and-regions-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111107478",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2014",
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  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Constituencies",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Act, the constituencies provided for are those which—\n(a) are named in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Order; and\n(b) comprise the areas described for each such constituency in the deposited data.\n(2) In paragraph (1)(b) the “deposited data” means the data recorded on the DVD-ROMs—\n(a) entitled “Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Princes Gate and Greenacres by Robroyston – master copy submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland”;\n(b) etched with the seal of the Boundary Commission for Scotland and the signatures of its deputy Chairman and Secretary;\n(c) submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland on 31 October 2013; and\n(d) deposited with him at his offices at 1 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7HW.\n(3) The constituencies are designated as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies according to the entry in column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite each constituency name.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111107478/article/2",
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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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