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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/108",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-and-utilities-contracts-scotland-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made to correct errors in S.S.I. 2012/88 and S.S.I. 2012/89 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those instruments.\nPublic Procurement\nMade 28th March 2012\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 30th March 2012\nComing into force 1st May 2012\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of their powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act."
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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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