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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-nitrogen-balance-sheet-scotland-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2022/87",
  "legislation_title": "The Climate Change (Nitrogen Balance Sheet) (Scotland) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-nitrogen-balance-sheet-scotland-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Climate Change\nMade 10th March 2022\nComing into force 11th March 2022\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 8A(3) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 8A(4) of the Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted such persons as they consider appropriate.\nIn accordance with section 96(4) of the Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 asp 12. Section 8A of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) was inserted by section 17 of the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15) (“the 2019 Act”)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/87/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."
}