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  "legislation": "asp/2010/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2010",
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  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Independence from Ministers",
  "text": "Ministers must not—\n(a) give directions relating to, or\n(b) otherwise seek to control,\nthe performance of the Regulator's functions.\nThis section is subject to any contrary provision in this or any other enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/96, art. 2, Sch."
    }
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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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