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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2024/11",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Plants and soil",
  "text": "Assisting persons to promote, protect or improve—\n(a) plant health,\n(b) plant genetic resources,\n(c) soil health and quality, including, in particular—\n(i) the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil, determining its capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services,\n(ii) the carbon capacity of the soil.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 16 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 38(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 16 in force at 16.6.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/11/schedule/1/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:06.474435+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."
}