{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-commons-disqualification-order-1997/schedule/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-commons-disqualification-order-1997/schedule/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/861",
  "legislation_title": "The House of Commons Disqualification Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-commons-disqualification-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for a region in Scotland—\n(a) for “a region” there shall be substituted “an area”; and\n(b) for the words from “such part” to “Majesty” there shall be substituted “the area”.\n(2) In the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for the district of the city of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh or Glasgow—\n(a) the words “the district of” shall be omitted; and\n(b) for “the district in” there shall be substituted “the city in”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/861/schedule/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:19:58.028714+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."
}