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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Term of office of members.",
  "text": "The term of office of a member of the Parliament begins on the day on which the member is declared to be returned and ends with the dissolution of the Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/13",
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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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