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  "legislation_title": "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012",
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  "text": "(1) The Authority may authorise—\n(a) any of its committees, or\n(b) any member of the Authority's staff,\nto perform on behalf of the Authority such of its functions as it may determine to the extent so authorised.\n(2) A committee of the Authority may authorise—\n(a) any of its sub-committees, or\n(b) any member of the Authority's staff,\nto perform on behalf of the committee such of its functions as it may determine to the extent so authorised.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not affect the Authority's—\n(a) responsibility for performance of delegated functions, or\n(b) ability to perform delegated functions.",
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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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