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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/referendums-scotland-act-2020/schedule-3/paragraph-14",
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  "legislation": "asp/2020/2",
  "legislation_title": "Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/referendums-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/14",
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  "number": "14",
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  "text": "(1) No amount of referendum expenses is to be incurred by or on behalf of a permitted participant except with the authority of—\n(a) the responsible person, or\n(b) a person authorised in writing by the responsible person.\n(2) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person incurs any expenses in contravention of sub-paragraph (1).\n(3) A person who commits an offence under sub-paragraph (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(4) Where, in the case of a permitted participant that is a registered party, any expenses are incurred in contravention of sub-paragraph (1), the expenses do not count for the purposes of paragraphs 19 to 25 as referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of the permitted participant.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/2/schedule/3/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:54.149805+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."
}