{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disposal-of-records-scotland-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/522",
  "legislation_title": "The Disposal of Records (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disposal-of-records-scotland-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTERS AND RECORDS\nMade 28th October 2003\nComing into force 11th November 2003\nThe Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(1) of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 12(2) of that Act, section 6(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, and articles 3(3) and 12 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999, been laid before the Scottish Parliament and a period of 40 days having expired without a resolution that the Regulations be not made:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1937 c. 43. Section 12 was extended by the Public Registers and Records (Scotland) Act 1948 (c. 57), section 5, and amended by the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 16), section 19(3). 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": "1946 c. 36. Section 6(2) was modified by article 3(3) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1096)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/1096."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/522/introduction",
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  "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."
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