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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/educational-endowments-dumfries-and-galloway-region-transfer-scheme-order-1996/schedule/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/474",
  "legislation_title": "The Educational Endowments (Dumfries and Galloway Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/educational-endowments-dumfries-and-galloway-region-transfer-scheme-order-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Consequential provision for interpretation of governing instruments of educational endowments",
  "text": "(1) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference, however expressed, in the governing instrument of any educational endowment to—\n(a) Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council;\n(b) Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry or Wigtown District Council;\n(c) the county council of the former county of Dumfries, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright or Wigtown;\n(d) the council of any burgh or district comprised in any of these former counties before 16th May 1975,\nshall be construed as a reference to Dumfries and Galloway Council.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference, however expressed, in the governing instrument of any educational endowment to—\n(a) a councillor of any council referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above, or the holder of a specified office held by such councillor, shall be construed as a reference to a councillor of Dumfries and Galloway Council nominated by that Council for the purpose;\n(b) an officer, or any specified officer, of a council referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be construed as a reference to the proper officer of Dumfries and Galloway Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/474/schedule/paragraph/5",
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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."
}