{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-144.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "section/144",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "†Diseases of animals, and plant health.",
  "text": "1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A competent authority under the Plant Health Act 1967 shall no longer have certain powers of direction, and accordingly, in section 5(2) of that Act (records of proceedings), the words from “in such manner” to “direct” shall be omitted, and, in section 6(3) of that Act (publication of orders), the words from “in such”(where first occurring) to “direction” shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 144(1)(2) repealed by Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1967 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:26.996319+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."
}