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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/schedule-13/paragraph-120",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/39",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/120",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "120",
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  "text": "(1) The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In section 2(1) (duty of authorities to publish information)—\n(a) in paragraph (g), for “regional, islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”;\n(b) in paragraph (h)—\n(i) for “committee” substitute “ board ”; and\n(ii) after “that Act” insert “ or section 147 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 ”; and\n(c) in paragraph (k)—\n(i) for “committee” substitute “ board ”; and\n(ii) for “or 21A” substitute “ , 20 or 21B ”.\n(3) In section 8(1) (meaning of “functional work”), in paragraph (b)(iv), for “regional, islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.\n(4) In section 20(1) (interpretation of Part III), in the definition of “local authority”, in paragraph (b), for “regional, islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.\n(5) In section 120(3) (compulsory acquisition: exclusion of special parliamentary procedure), in the definition of “local authority”, in paragraph (c), for “regional, islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.\n(6) In section 148 (planning control)—\n(a) in subsection (1), for the words from “regional” to “areas” substitute “ planning authority within whose area ”; and\n(b) in subsection (2), the words “exercising district planning functions” shall cease to have effect.\n(7) In section 165(9)(b) (power to transfer undertaking), for “a regional council and a district council” substitute “ any council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 other than the councils for Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Western Isles ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1973 c. 65."
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1995/25",
      "affecting_title": "Environment Act 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2008/5",
      "affecting_title": "Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2014/14",
      "affecting_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2014"
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    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2005/10",
      "affecting_title": "Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/schedule/13/paragraph/120",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:34.733196+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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