{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticulture-act-1960/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticulture-act-1960/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/22",
  "legislation_title": "Horticulture Act 1960",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticulture-act-1960",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Ministers on whom Part I powers conferred.",
  "text": "(1) In relation to the making of a scheme or regulations for the whole of the United Kingdom, or for Scotland and any other part of the United Kingdom jointly, references in this Part of this Act to the appropriate Minister are references to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly.\n(2) In relation to the making of a scheme or regulations for Scotland only, references in this Part of this Act to the appropriate Minister are references to the Secretary of State.\n(3) In relation to the making of any other scheme or regulations, references in this Part of this Act to the appropriate Minister are references to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.\n(4) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, in this Part of this Act “the appropriate Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England or Wales or Northern Ireland and the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/22/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:21.545580+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."
}