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  "legislation": "sdsi/2020/9780111047163",
  "legislation_title": "The Direct Payments to Farmers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-direct-payments-to-farmers-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under sections 2(3), 3(4) and 4(3) of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nAgriculture\nMade 2020\nComing into force 1st January 2021\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with sections 2(3), 3(4) and 4(3) 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": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2020 asp 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 2(3) provides that regulations under section 2 are subject to the negative procedure if they have not been subject to the affirmative procedure. The Regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of sections 3(4) and 4(3)."
    }
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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."
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