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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-coronavirus-no-2-order-2020/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/777",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-coronavirus-no-2-order-2020",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020 and comes into force on 4th September 2020.\n(2) In this Order—\n“coronavirus” has the same meaning as in section 1(1) of the Coronavirus Act 2020,\n“Joint Biosecurity Centre” means a body established by the Secretary of State for the purpose of performing certain information and advice functions relating to the management of coronavirus, which may include, but are not limited to:\n(a) gathering and analysing information concerning patterns of coronavirus infection,\n(b) providing advice with a view to informing decisions, whether of the Secretary of State or others, concerning the measures that it may be appropriate to implement to control the spread of coronavirus, and\n(c) setting, and communicating, the level of risk of coronavirus infection that may apply from time to time to the public of the whole, or part, of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2020 c.7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/777/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:40.458411+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."
}