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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002-scottish-public-authorities-amendment-order-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2020/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2020",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe obligations under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“the Act”) apply to Scottish public authorities. For the purposes of the Act, a “Scottish public authority” means a body or office which is listed in schedule 1 of the Act, or designated by order under section 5, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6. The list in schedule 1 of the Act may be amended, by adding or removing references to bodies or offices, by order under section 4(1) of the Act.\nArticle 2 adds the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission to Part 7 of schedule 1 of the Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/146/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."
}