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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-5/part-II/crossheading-head-c-trade-and-industry/paragraph-wrapper22n1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/II/crossheading/head-c-trade-and-industry/paragraph/wrapper22n1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "C5. Import and export control",
  "text": "Section C5.\nThe subject-matter of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939.\nProhibition and regulation of the import and export of endangered species of animals and plants.\nExceptions\nProhibition and regulation of movement into and out of Scotland of—\n(a)food, animals, animal products, plants and plant products for the purposes of protecting human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or the environment or observing or implementing obligations under the Common Agricultural Policy, and\n(b)animal feeding stuffs, fertilisers and pesticides (including anything treated as if it were a pesticide by virtue of section 16(16) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985) for the purposes of protecting human, animal or plant health or the environment.\nInterpretation\n“Food” has the same meaning as it has in Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (as at 7th December 2004).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 Section C5 inserted (14.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3252 , art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 s. C5 inserted (13.6.2014) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1559) , arts. 1(2) , 2(2)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:08.185252+00:00"
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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."
}