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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007/article-87",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110717494",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007",
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  "path": "article/87",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Dissolution of Parliament: minimum period",
  "text": "The “minimum period” for the purpose of section 2(3) of the 1998 Act (ordinary general elections) is a period of 21 days, computed in accordance with rule 3 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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