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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-amendment-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/320",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BUILDING AND BUILDINGS\nMade 20th September 2001\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 24th September 2001\nComing into force 4th March 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 6(1),11(7), 24(1)(b) and 29(1) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and, as required by section 3(6) of that Act, having consulted the Building Standards Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1959 c. 24; section 2(4) was substituted by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Schedule 15, paragraph 3(b); section 3(2) and (3) was amended by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) (“the 1974 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 1(a) and (b) respectively; section 3(4) was amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65), section 19(2); section 3(7) was inserted by the 1974 Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 1(c); section 29(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. 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); see also the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), Schedule 2, paragraph 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 3(6) was substituted by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 38), section 1."
    }
  ],
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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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