{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-invasive-non-native-species-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-etc-regulations-2020-sdsi-2020-9780111047088/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2020/9780111047088",
  "legislation_title": "The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-invasive-non-native-species-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-etc-regulations-2020-sdsi-2020-9780111047088",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of Chapter 6 (final provision) of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation",
  "text": "(1) Chapter 6 of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 24—\n(a) in paragraph 1—\n(i) in the first sentence—\n(aa) for “Member States” substitute “the Scottish Ministers”,\n(bb) for “transmit to the Commission” substitute “publish”,\n(ii) in point (a) omit “and of the official control system on alien species entering the Union pursuant to Article 15”,\n(iii) in point (b) omit “or regional concern”,\n(iv) omit point (c),\n(v) in point (e), for “the entire national territory” substitute “Scotland”,\n(b) omit paragraph 2,\n(c) in paragraph 3—\n(i) for “Commission” substitute “Scottish Ministers”,\n(ii) in the first sentence, for the words from “submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council” to the end of the sentence substitute “publish a report”,\n(iii) for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”,\n(iv) in the second sentence—\n(aa) omit the words from “the effectiveness” to “concern,”,\n(bb) omit the words from “and whether further harmonisation” to the end,\n(d) omit paragraph 4.\n(3) Omit Article 25.\n(4) In Article 26—\n(a) the existing text becomes paragraph 1,\n(b) for “Member States” and “the Member States” substitute “the Scottish Ministers”,\n(c) after paragraph 1, insert—\n“2. For the purposes of this Article, the reference to Article 2(3) of Directive 2003/35/EC is to be read as if references in that Article 2(3) to “Member States” included Great Britain.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2020/9780111047088/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:31:29.215990+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}