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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-act-1988-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/997",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotch Whisky Act 1988 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-act-1988-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SCOTCH WHISKY\nMade 30th April 1990\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1) and 5(2) and (3) of the Scotch Whisky Act 1988 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": "1988 c. 22; section 3(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers”."
    }
  ],
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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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