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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/201",
  "legislation_title": "The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 28th May 2008\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 29th May 2008\nComing into force 20th June 2008\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 66(1), 74A, 78(6), 79(1), (2) and (9) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) and the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1). The functions conferred on the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, in so far as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998. In so far as not so transferred, and in so far as they are exercisable in relation to animal feeding stuffs intended to be used for oral feeding to animals, which are not veterinary medicinal products as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2745) or, in relation to any feed additive to which Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition applies, which is not a specified feed additive as defined by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005, those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/304)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1970 c. 40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”; and was relevantly amended by S.I. 1982/980, 1995/1412, 1996/1342 and 1999/1663 and S.S.I. 2000/453. Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6. The functions of the Secretary of State in so far as exercisable within devolved competence were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). In so far as not so transferred and in so far as relating to animal feeding stuffs, which are not veterinary medicinal products or specified feed additives as defined in the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005, the functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/304)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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