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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secretary-for-scotland-act-1889/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/52-53/16",
  "legislation_title": "Secretary for Scotland Act 1889",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secretary-for-scotland-act-1889",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title.",
  "text": "This Act may be cited as the Secretary for Scotland Act 1889, and this Act and the Secretary for Scotland Act 1885 and 1887, may be cited collectively as the Secretary for Scotland Acts 1885 to 1889.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1885 c. 61."
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1887 c. 52."
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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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