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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-general-food-hygiene-amendment-scotland-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-general-food-hygiene-amendment-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, amend the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”).\nThe Regulations revoke paragraphs 6(1) and 7 of Schedule 1A to the 1995 Regulations (regulation 2). Paragraph 6(1) provides that a licence issued in relation to a butcher’s shop remains in force for a period of one year. Paragraph 7 of that Schedule makes provision for the commencement of that period in cases of renewal of licences of shorter duration.\nThey also provide that, subject to paragraphs 6(2) (cessation of licence on change of proprietor) and 9 (suspension and revocation of licences) of Schedule 1A to the 1995 Regulations, licences in force before the coming into force of these Regulations continue in force until 31st December 2005 (regulation 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/435/note",
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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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