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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-cross-border-public-authoritiesspecification-order-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1319",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities)(Specification) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-cross-border-public-authoritiesspecification-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies certain bodies, government departments, offices and office-holders as cross-border public authorities for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998. The specified bodies, government departments, offices and office-holders are listed in the Schedule to the Order. Sections 88 to 90 of the 1998 Act make special provision for the treatment of cross-border public authorities in consequence of the provisions in that Act which confer powers on the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1319/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:39.058310+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."
}