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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-location-of-border-control-posts-scotland-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/61",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Controls (Location of Border Control Posts) (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-location-of-border-control-posts-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nFOOD\nPLANT HEALTH\nMade 5th February 2026\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 9th February 2026\nComing into force 21st March 2026\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 64 (2) and 144 (6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with Article 144 (7) of that Regulation, before making these Regulations, the Scottish Ministers consulted such bodies or persons as appear to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Scottish Ministers considered appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EUR 2017/625. Article 64(2) was amended by S.I. 2020/1481 and S.I. 2025/102, and Article 144 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1481. Article 3(2A)(c) defines the Scottish Ministers as the appropriate authority in relation to Scotland."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/61/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:34.395266+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."
}