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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024/section-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024/section-33.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": "section/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Food security statements",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers must, not less than once in every period of 3 years, prepare a statement on food security in Scotland.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers must, after preparing a statement under this section—\n(a) lay a copy of the statement before the Scottish Parliament, and\n(b) publish the statement.\n(3) The first statement under this section must be published within the period of 3 years beginning with the date of commencement of this section.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 33 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 38(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 33 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/section/33",
    "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."
}