{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-scotland-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/297",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-scotland-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 11th June 2002\nComing into force 12th June 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87(1) and (2)(b) and (h) and 91(1) of the Environment Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having, in accordance with section 87(7) of that Act, consulted the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government and of industry as they may consider appropriate, and such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 87(8) of that Act, been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25. See the definitions of “prescribed”, “regulations” and “relevant period” in section 91(1) of that Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/297/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."
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