{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-scheme-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-scheme-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1291",
  "legislation_title": "The Farm Woodland Scheme 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-scheme-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 25th July 1988\nComing into force 1st October 1988\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 “appropriate authority” upon whom the powers of section 2 of the Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 are conferred is defined in sections 2(6) and 1(5) of that Act and, as read with the definition of “the appropriate Minister” in those subsections, refers to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland or Wales."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1291/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:02:49.916616+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."
}