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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-scotland-regulations-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 19th May 2010\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 20th May 2010\nComing into force 11th June 2010\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3), the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27 and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998."
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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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