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  "legislation_title": "Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
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  "text": "An individual is not entitled to participate in the scheme as an office-holder member if, on the new rules day, the individual is or has been—\n(a) the Presiding Officer, or\n(b) the First Minister.",
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