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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-animal-welfare-commission-regulations-2020/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2020/9780111045176",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-animal-welfare-commission-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these regulations “financial year” means—\n(a) the period beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending on 31 March the following year, and\n(b) each subsequent period of a year ending on 31 March.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:31:48.960651+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."
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