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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-constituencies-and-regions-order-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111063118",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-constituencies-and-regions-order-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 3(9) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nConstitutional Law\nRepresentation Of The People\nMade 2025\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the *** day of *** 2025\nPresent,\nThe King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 6(5) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling His Majesty to do so.\nIn accordance with paragraph 3(3) of schedule 1 of the Act, Boundaries Scotland submitted to the Scottish Ministers a report dated April 2025 showing alterations it proposes to the boundaries of the constituencies of the Scottish Parliament.\nIn accordance with paragraph 3(9) of schedule 1 to the Act the report submitted by Boundaries Scotland and a draft of this instrument have been laid before the Scottish Parliament and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nAccordingly, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 46. Schedule 1 was substituted by section 1(1) of the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c. 13). Schedule 1 has subsequently been amended by schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), section 8 of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), section 18(1) of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 12), and sections 28(3), 30, 32 and 33, and paragraph 3 of the schedule of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12)."
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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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