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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-members-interests-order-1999/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1350",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Members' Interests) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-members-interests-order-1999",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Declaration of registrable interest in proceedings of the Parliament",
  "text": "(1) Where a member has a registrable interest in respect of which he has lodged a statement under article 4(2)(a) which would prejudice or give the appearance of prejudicing his ability to participate in a disinterested manner in proceedings of the Parliament relating to any particular matter, he shall, before otherwise participating in those proceedings, make an oral statement in those proceedings declaring the nature of that registrable interest.\n(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), a member participates in proceedings of the Parliament if he takes part in those proceedings in any way other than voting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1350/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:25.187868+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."
}