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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/referendums-scotland-act-2020/schedule-3/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "asp/2020/2",
  "legislation_title": "Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020",
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  "number": "18",
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  "text": "Nothing in this schedule which prohibits—\n(a) payments and contracts for payments,\n(b) the payment or incurring of referendum expenses in excess of the maximum amount allowed by this schedule, or\n(c) the incurring of expenses not authorised as mentioned in paragraph 14,\naffects the right of any creditor who, when the contract was made or the expense was incurred, was ignorant of that contract or expense being in contravention of this schedule.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/2/schedule/3/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:54.149805+00:00"
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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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