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          Part I</Number><Title> Orders authorising works <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation></Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/part/I/crossheading/miscellaneous" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/part/I/crossheading/miscellaneous" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-I-crossheading-miscellaneous" RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2026-02-18"><Title> Miscellaneous</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2016-06-14"><Title> Private legislation procedure in Scotland.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/section/24" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/section/24" id="section-24"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c8595861"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-4d18ae3fdc81c989177288da1b331b91"/>24</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In section 1 of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c8595871"/>Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 (which requires the promotion of Provisional Orders rather than Private Bills in connection with powers relating to Scotland), in subsection (4) (which provides an exception from the requirement in certain cases relating to Scotland and elsewhere if the promotion of a Private Bill would be more appropriate than the promotion of a Private Bill and a Provisional Order) after the words “Provisional Order” there shall be inserted the words <InlineAmendment>“
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