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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-heritage-scotland-act-1985/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-heritage-scotland-act-1985/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/16",
  "legislation_title": "National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-heritage-scotland-act-1985",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Power of Secretary of State to make grants.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may , subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, make . . . payments . . . to any body whose activities appear to him to be likely to promote the development or understanding of cultural or scientific matters.\n(2) Any payments under this section shall be made out of money provided by Parliament.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1) inserted (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(2), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 14(4); S.I. 1992/1874, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1) omitted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 80, Pt. IV; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/16/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:30.644268+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."
}