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  "legislation": "asp/2012/5",
  "legislation_title": "Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-etc-scotland-act-2012",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reform and restate the law on the registration of rights to land in the land register; to enable electronic conveyancing and registration of electronic documents in the land register; to provide for the closure of the Register of Sasines in due course; to make provision about the functions of the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland; to allow electronic documents to be used for certain contracts, unilateral obligations and trusts that must be constituted by writing; to provide about the formal validity of electronic documents and for their registration; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 31st May 2012 and received Royal Assent on 10th July 2012",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (5.9.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), s. 69(1), Sch. 4 para. 11; S.I. 2022/876, reg. 4(c)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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