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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-waste-amendment-scotland-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/451",
  "legislation_title": "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-waste-amendment-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 20th December 2000\nComing into force 1st January 2001\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93 and 94 of the Environment Act 1995, in part in implementation of Article 6(1) of Council Directive 94/62/EC, after consultation in accordance with section 93(2) of that Act, and having had regard to the matters specified in section 93(6) of that Act as required by section 93(5), and being satisfied as to those matters as required by section 93(3) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 93(10) of that Act, been laid before, and approved by the Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25; see section 93(8) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. L 365, 31.12.94, p.10."
    }
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  "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."
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