{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-for-environmental-purposes-scotland-order-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2020/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-for-environmental-purposes-scotland-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 1st December 2020\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd December 2020\nComing into force 28th January 2021\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c.43. The functions of the Secretary of State, in or as regards Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/409/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:08.411233+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."
}