{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquatic-animal-health-scotland-amendment-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/259",
  "legislation_title": "The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquatic-animal-health-scotland-amendment-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "River\nFish Farming\nMade 20th May 2011\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 24th May 2011\nComing into force 27th May 2011\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for any reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1251/2008 on implementing Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species to be construed as reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), Schedule, Part 1. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 28 and amended by the 2008 Act, Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. L 337, 16.12.2008, p.41 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 350/2011 (O.J. L 97, 12.4.2011, p.9)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/259/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."
}