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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-scotland-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2026",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-scotland-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, SCOTLAND\nMade 12th August 1998\nComing into force 13th August 1998\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 73(f) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 hereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of both Houses of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 44. Section 73(f) was amended to permit the Secretary of State to pay loans by section 29(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30). Section 133 was amended by section 44(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to, that Act to require the first Regulations made under section 73(f) with respect to loans to be laid before Parliament in draft and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament."
    }
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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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