{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-scottish-bodies-regulations-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2018/9780111039175",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Government (Scottish Bodies) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-scottish-bodies-regulations-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 44(8) of the Digital Economy Act 2017, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nDisclosure Of Information\nMade 2018\nComing into force 13th September 2018\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35(3) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nThey have consulted the Information Commissioner, the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers, the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and such other persons as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate, as required by section 44(4) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nIn accordance with section 44(8) of the Digital Economy Act 2017, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2017 c.30 (“the 2017 Act”). The Scottish Ministers are the appropriate national authority in respect of the bodies to which these Regulations relate by virtue of section 45(2) of the 2017 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039175/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."
}