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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-discretionary-expenditure-scotland-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/747",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-discretionary-expenditure-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe annual limit on the amount of expenditure which a Scottish local authority may incur for purposes not otherwise authorised is, with effect from 1st April 1996, determined under section 83(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 by multiplying £3.80 by the relevant population of the authority’s area. These Regulations make provision as to how the relevant population is to be calculated for these purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/747/note",
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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."
}