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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1988/schedule-4/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1988/schedule-4/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/39",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the application of the above provisions of this Part to Scotland, references to acquiring an interest shall be construed, if there is a contract to acquire the interest, as references to entering into that contract and for the purposes of paragraph 16(2)(b) above, a company or subsidiary shall be regarded as owning an interest during the period between its entering into such a contract as regards that interest and its acquiring the interest.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/39/schedule/4/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:50.591815+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}