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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-scotland-act-2015/section-13",
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  "legislation": "asp/2015/1",
  "legislation_title": "Food (Scotland) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-scotland-act-2015",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Validity of things done",
  "text": "The validity of anything done by Food Standards Scotland or its committees is not affected by—\n(a) a vacancy in membership,\n(b) a defect in the appointment of a member,\n(c) a person's membership having ended under section 7.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/1/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:53.850121+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."
}