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  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997",
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  "number": "39",
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  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“Acquisition Act 1947” means the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;\n“relevant enactments”, in relation to an acquiring authority, means the enactments under which that authority may acquire or be authorised to acquire land compulsorily and which prescribe a procedure for effecting the compulsory acquisition of land by them by means of a compulsory purchase order; and\n“land”, in relation to compulsory acquisition by an acquiring authority, has the same meaning as in the relevant enactments.",
  "extent": null,
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      "type": "M",
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      "text": "1947 c. 42."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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