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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/schedule-8/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/45",
  "legislation_title": "Water (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
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  "text": "At any meeting of a board or of a committee appointed under this Schedule, each member shall have one vote:\nProvided that in the event of an equality of votes—\n(a) as to the appointment of the chairman of a board, the matter shall be decided by lot, and\n(b) in regard to any other matter, the chairman or other member presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/schedule/8/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:16.376021+00:00"
  },
  "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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