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  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
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  "heading": "C3. Competition",
  "text": "Section C3.\nRegulation of anti-competitive practices and agreements; abuse of dominant position; monopolies and mergers.\nException\nRegulation of particular practices in the legal profession for the purpose of regulating that profession or the provision of legal services.\nInterpretation\n“The legal profession” means advocates, solicitors and qualified conveyancers and executry practitioners within the meaning of Part II of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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