{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-scotland-order-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-scotland-order-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/54",
  "legislation_title": "The Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-scotland-order-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nDogs\nMade 26th January 2016\nComing into force 1st April 2016\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 9(2) and 15(2)(b) of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 15(3)(b) of that 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": "2003 asp 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 15(3)(b) has been modified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/54/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."
}