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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enhanced-enforcement-areas-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2015/9780111027486",
  "legislation_title": "The Enhanced Enforcement Areas Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enhanced-enforcement-areas-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision to enable a local authority to apply to the Scottish Ministers for an area to be designated as an Enhanced Enforcement Area (“EEA”).\nRegulation 2 specifies the circumstances where a local authority may make an application.\nRegulation 3 sets out what must be included in the application.\nRegulation 4 specifies the additional discretionary powers that the local authority may acquire where an area has been designated as an EEA and the purposes for which they may be exercised.\nRegulation 5 makes provision about a warrant for entry to supplement the right of entry in regulation 4(2)(c).\nRegulation 6 provides that the Scottish Ministers must notify the local authority of the approval or rejection of the application and that in the case of rejection a reason must be given.\nRegulation 7 makes further provision about the designation. Regulations 7(a) and (b) make provision about the advertisement and duration of the designation. Regulation 7(c) requires a local authority to provide a report about the use of the additional discretionary powers if asked to do so by the Scottish Ministers. Regulation 7(d) allows a local authority to make a further application providing it is made before the expiry of the first designation.\nRegulation 8 amends the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 to enable an enhanced record certificate to be required for the purpose of landlord registration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2015/9780111027486/note",
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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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