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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995/schedule-4/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/7",
  "legislation_title": "Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule (B) to that Act—\n(a) the words from “or, if the deed” to “case may be,” are hereby repealed;\n(b) at the end there shall be added the words\n“[or, if the document is granted under Scots law, insert testing clause+]\n+Note—As regards a document granted under Scots law, subscription of it by the granter 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": [],
  "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      "type": "repealed",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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