{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-export-certification-scotland-order-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-export-certification-scotland-order-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/248",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-export-certification-scotland-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 27th May 2004\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 1st June 2004\nComing into force 22nd June 2004\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/2004/248/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:05.461246+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."
}