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  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 2012",
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  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act “the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.",
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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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