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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-premium-scheme-scotland-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Countryside Premium Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-premium-scheme-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 11th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 17th February 1997\nComing into force 10th March 1997\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers contained in that section insofar as these Regulations could not have been made under the powers hereinafter mentioned and otherwise in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 98(1) and (2) of the Environment Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 25; section 95(5)(c) provides that “the appropriate Minister” as respects Scotland means the Secretary of State."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}