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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994-commencement-no5-order-1995/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2866",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (Commencement No.5) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994-commencement-no5-order-1995",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Commencement No.5) Order 1995.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and\n“local authority” means—\n(i) a council in respect of which an ordinary election of councillors took place on 6th April 1995 in terms of section 5(2) of the Act; and\n(ii) the islands councils of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 65."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2866/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:55.181996+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."
}