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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-general-local-authority-functions-scotland-regulations-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-general-local-authority-functions-scotland-regulations-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1774",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-general-local-authority-functions-scotland-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CIVIL DEFENCE\nMade 13th July 1993\nComing into force 1st August 1993\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2 and 8 of the Civil Defence Act 1948, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1948 c. 5; section 2(2)(b) was repealed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Schedule 29; and the Secretary of State is by virtue of section 9(2) of the Civil Defence Act 1948 the designated Minister for the purpose of making regulations under section 2 prescribing civil defence functions of local authorities (the definition of local authority as respects Scotland in section 9(1) is substituted by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Schedule 27, paragraph 95)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1774/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."
}