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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-licensing-authority-policy-statement-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling Act 2005 (Licensing Authority Policy Statement) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
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  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;\n“authority” means (in terms of section 2(1)(c) of the Act) a licensing board constituted under section 1 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976;\n“authority’s area” means the geographical area in respect of which an authority exercises its functions under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976;\n“revision” means a revision of a statement under section 349(2) of the Act;\n“statement” means the statement of principles which the authority is required to prepare under section 349(1) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 66; section 1 was amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 106(2), by the Licensing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1996 (c. 36), section 2 and by S.I. 1996/739; the whole of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 is prospectively repealed by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 16), schedule 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/150",
      "affecting_title": "The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/150",
      "affecting_title": "The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2011"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/154/regulation/2",
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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."
}