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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1947/schedule-ELEVENTH/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/10-11/43",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1947",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Schedule—\n“Public appointment” means any employment the emoluments of which are payable out of public funds;\n“Service” means whole-time or part-time service in any office after the officer has attained the age of eighteen years;\n“Material date” means the date on which the determination of office or diminution of emoluments, as the case may be, takes effect.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/43/schedule/ELEVENTH/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:51.655435+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."
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