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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-etc-allowances-scotland-regulations-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-etc-allowances-scotland-regulations-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/912",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Membership of political groups",
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 4, a member of the local authority is to be treated as a member of a political group if—\n(a) he has signed a notice in accordance with paragraph 1; or\n(b) he has delivered to the proper officer a notice in writing which is signed by him and by the leader or deputy leader of the group or by a majority of the members of the group, stating that he wishes to join the group.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev (savings)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/183",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/912/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:12:03.687933+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}