{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-export-certification-scotland-amendment-order-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/137",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-export-certification-scotland-amendment-order-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 1st March 2007\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd March 2007\nComing into force 31st March 2007\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1), (2) and (4) and 4A of the Plant Health Act 1967 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 8; section 3(1) and (2) was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and section 4A was inserted by the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49), section 3. Section 1(2) of the 1967 Act specifies the competent authorities for the purposes of that Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/137/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:58.122663+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."
}