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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-and-buildings-transaction-tax-scotland-act-2013/schedule-16/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2013/11",
  "legislation_title": "Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "The following are public bodies for the purposes of this schedule—\nthe Scottish Ministers,\na Minister of the Crown,\nthe Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body,\na local authority,\nthe common services agency established under section 10(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29),\na health board established under section 2(1)(a) of that Act,\nHealthcare Improvement Scotland established under section 10A of that Act,\na special health board established under section 2(1)(b) of that Act,\nany other authority that is the planning authority for any of the purposes of the planning Acts within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.8),\na body (other than a company) that is established by or under an enactment for the purpose of carrying out functions conferred on it by or under an enactment,\na person prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph by the Scottish Ministers by order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 4 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/108 , art. 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."
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