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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-registers-and-records-scotland-act-1948/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/57",
  "legislation_title": "Public Registers and Records (Scotland) Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-registers-and-records-scotland-act-1948",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for the appointment of a Keeper of the Registers of Scotland and of a Keeper of the Records of Scotland, the transference to such Keepers of the powers and duties of the Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland and the discontinuance of that office; to amend the law and procedure regarding registration in the General Register of Sasines and for purposes connected with the aforesaid purposes.\n[30th July 1948]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
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  "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."
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