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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/schedule-27/part-I/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/27/part/I/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in any enactment or instrument to which paragraph 1 above applies any reference to a specified officer of a local authority shall be construed as a reference to the proper officer of a local authority.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply in any case—\n(a) to a reference to a specified officer of a local authority in an enactment mentioned in section 64(5) of this Act or any other enactment referring to an officer specified in such a reference; or\n(b) to a reference in any enactment to an assessor or depute assessor appointed under section 116 of this Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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