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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-scotland-act-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2018/3",
  "legislation_title": "Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-scotland-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In paragraph 2—\n(a) “Government Department” means a department of the Government of the United Kingdom,\n(b) the references to Her Majesty's private estates are to be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862.\n(2) It is for the Scottish Ministers to determine any question that arises as to who in accordance with paragraph 2 is the appropriate authority in relation to any land (and their decision is final).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 28.5.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/149, reg. 2"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:17.750764+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."
}