{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-scotland-order-2007/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-scotland-order-2007/introduction.json",
  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BEE DISEASES\nMade 8th November 2007\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 9th November 2007\nComing into force 1st December 2007\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Bees Act 1980 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 12. The functions conferred upon the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales under section 1 were, in so far as exercisable within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/506/introduction",
    "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."
}