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  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2025",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as to a code of practice in relation to the acquisition of dogs; and to ensure public awareness and understanding of the code of practice.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 23rd January 2025 and received Royal Assent on 19th March 2025",
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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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