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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-scotland-order-2007/article-18",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/506",
  "legislation_title": "The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Authorised persons",
  "text": "An authorised person incurs no civil or criminal liability for anything which the authorised person does in purported exercise of any functions conferred on the authorised person by this Order where the authorised person acts on reasonable grounds and in good faith.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 18 in force at 1.12.2007, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/506/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:10:21.580063+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."
}