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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/47",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of drafting errors in S.S.I. 2015/446 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument.\nPublic Procurement\nMade 26th January 2016\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 28th January 2016\nComing into force 18th April 2016\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "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) (“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) (“2008 Act”), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), 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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