{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-close-seasons-scotland-amendment-order-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2023/184",
  "legislation_title": "The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-close-seasons-scotland-amendment-order-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nDeer\nMade 19th June 2023\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 21st June 2023\nComing into force 21st October 2023\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996, and any other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 58, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. 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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/184/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."
}