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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-amendment-scheme-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-amendment-scheme-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/828",
  "legislation_title": "The Farm Woodland (Amendment) Scheme 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-amendment-scheme-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 13th March 1997\nComing into force in accordance with paragraph 1\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 of the Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury, hereby make the following Scheme of which a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 16. The expression “the appropriate authority” upon whom the powers of section 2 are conferred is defined in section 2(6) and 1(5) of that Act and is to be read with the definition of “the appropriate Minister” in those sections. Section 2 was amended, in relation to Scotland, by section 3(2) of the Crofter Forestry (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 18)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/828/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."
}