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  "legislation_title": "Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013",
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  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, in accordance with paragraph 5A of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, for the holding of a referendum in Scotland on a question about the independence of Scotland.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 14 November 2013 and received Royal Assent on 17th December 2013",
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