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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-fixed-penalty-notices-and-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2015/9780111026717",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Fixed Penalty Notices and Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-fixed-penalty-notices-and-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 96(4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament. These draft Regulations replace those laid on 19th February 2015 and are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those draft Regulations.\nEnvironmental Protection\nMade\nComing into force 1st April 2015\nThe Scottish Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 88, 88A(3) and (4) and 96(2) of, and paragraphs 3 and 4 of schedule 1A to, the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 96(4) 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",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 asp 12. Section 88A and Schedule 1A were inserted by the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), section 43(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 96 has been modified by the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10), schedule 3, paragraph 5."
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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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