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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-horizon-system-offences-scotland-act-2024/section-5",
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  "legislation": "asp/2024/6",
  "legislation_title": "Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-horizon-system-offences-scotland-act-2024",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Provision of information",
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers may, by notice in writing, require a person to provide them with information which—\n(a) the person holds, and\n(b) the Scottish Ministers consider is necessary for the carrying out of their functions under this Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 14.6.2024, see s. 10"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/6/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:10.121563+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."
}