{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-amendment-scotland-regulations-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-amendment-scotland-regulations-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Colours in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-amendment-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 1st March 2005\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 1st March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; sections 16(1) and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17(1) was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 26(3) was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 6; section 48(4) is disapplied in respect of these Regulations by virtue of section 48(4C), inserted by S.I. 2004/2990; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/94/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."
}