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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/57",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Exiting The European Union\nEnvironmental Protection\nMade 19th February 2019\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 20th February 2019\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 , paragraph 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 and paragraph 21 of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 , and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act."
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2018 c.16."
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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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