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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-scottish-bodies-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2022/9780111053324",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Government (Scottish Bodies) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-scottish-bodies-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under sections 54(5) and 62(5) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nDisclosure Of Information\nMade 2022\nComing into force 2022\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 48(5) and 56(6) 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 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 sections 48(11) and 56(12) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nThe Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the persons, and descriptions of persons, added by these Regulations comply with the conditions in section 48(7) and (8) and section 56(8) and (9) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nIn accordance with sections 48(10) and 56(11) of the Digital Economy Act 2017, the Scottish Ministers have had regard to the systems and procedures for the secure handling of information by the persons referred to in regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations.\nIn accordance with sections 54(5) and 62(5) 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",
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    {
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      "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 sections 55(2) and 63(2) of the 2017 Act."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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