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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Boundaries Scotland",
  "text": "(1) There shall be a commission to be known as Boundaries Scotland which is to carry out the functions conferred on it by or under this Act or any other enactment.\n(2) The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect with respect to Boundaries Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), ss. 28(2)(a), 35; S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(2) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 1(2)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12 title substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 1(11); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:26.996319+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."
}