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  "legislation": "asp/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the procedures relating to the award of certain public contracts; to require certain authorities to produce procurement strategies and annual reports; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 13th May 2014 and received Royal Assent on 17th June 2014",
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      "text": "Act applied in part (18.4.2016) by The Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/145), reg. 4"
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      "text": "Act: power to amend conferred (23.5.2024) by Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54), ss. 115(3)(4), 127(2); S.I. 2024/716, reg. 2(1)"
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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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