{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-scotland-amendment-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/116",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-scotland-amendment-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 17th February 2011\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 21st February 2011\nComing into force 25th June 2011\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for the reference to the EU instrument in regulation 2(2) to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68 (“the 1972 Act”). Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act. The functions conferred on the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/116/introduction",
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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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