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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies functions of the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. Section 93(1) allows the Scottish Ministers to make arrangements for any of their specified functions to be exercised on their behalf by a Minister of the Crown.

Article 2 and column 1 of the Schedule specify, for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998, functions of the Scottish Ministers which may be exercised by a Minister of the Crown on their behalf. These are functions relating to the sampling and analysis of heavy fuel oil and gas oil and the authorising of persons to exercise certain powers relating to those sampling and analysis functions. Column 2 of the Schedule details a restriction to an entry in column 1.