{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/412",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nAquaculture\nMade at 2.45 p.m. on 3rd December 2019\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament at 4.30 p.m. on 3rd December 2019\nComing into force 14th December 2019\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The function conferred on the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, so far as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. In so far as not so transferred and in so far as relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food, that function was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/412/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:34.137864+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."
}