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  "legislation": "asp/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Islands (Scotland) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/islands-scotland-act-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a national islands plan; to impose duties in relation to island communities on certain public authorities; to make provision about the electoral representation of island communities; and to establish a licensing scheme in respect of marine development adjacent to islands.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 30th May 2018 and received Royal Assent on 6th July 2018",
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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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