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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004/section-8",
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  "legislation": "asp/2004/9",
  "legislation_title": "Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004",
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  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Reduction of age qualification",
  "text": "In section 29(1) (qualifications for nomination, election and holding office as member of local authority) of the 1973 Act, for “21” substitute “ 18 ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "S. 8 in force at 20.1.2005 by S.S.I. 2004/558, art. 2"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:34.353208+00:00"
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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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