{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adventure-activities-licensing-regulations-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adventure-activities-licensing-regulations-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1309",
  "legislation_title": "The Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adventure-activities-licensing-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 13th May 2004\nLaid before Parliament 18th May 2004\nComing into force 9th June 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Education and Skills acting in relation to England and Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(1), (3) and (4), 2(1) and (3) and 3(2) of the Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act 1995, having consulted the Health and Safety Commission in accordance with section 3(3) of that Act, and by section 88 of the Scotland Act 1998, having consulted the Scottish Ministers in accordance with that section,\nand\nthe National Assembly for Wales, acting in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(1), (3) and (4) of the Activity Centres (Young Persons Safety) Act 1995 and now vested in it, having consulted the said Commission in accordance with section 3(3) of that Act,\nhereby make the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 46; despite the transfer of the powers conferred by sections 1 to 3 of the 1995 Act by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998, the powers remain exercisable by the Secretary of State in respect of a cross-border public authority by virtue of section 88 of the 1998 Act. The licensing authority is a cross border public authority by virtue of The Scotland Act 1999 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1319)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2(a) and Schedule 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1309/introduction",
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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."
}