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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995/schedule-4/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/7",
  "legislation_title": "Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995",
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  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule B to the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924—\n(a) in forms nos. 1 to 6 for the words “[To be attested]” there shall be substituted the words “ Testing clause+ ”;\n(b) at the end of the Notes there shall be added—\n“+Note 8—Subscription of the document by the notary public (or law agent) on behalf of the granter of it will be sufficient for the document to be formally valid, but witnessing of it may be necessary or desirable for other purposes (see the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1924 c. 27."
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2024/2",
      "affecting_title": "Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024"
    }
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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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