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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-scotland-act-1968/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/16",
  "legislation_title": "New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of section 116 of the Act of 1845 (powers of compulsory purchase not to be exercised after the expiration of the prescribed period) the prescribed period shall, in relation to any acquisition, be three years from the coming into operation of the compulsory purchase order.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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