{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Welfare foods",
  "text": "(1) In Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, Section F1 is amended as follows.\n(2) In the Exceptions, after exception 8 (see section 26 above) insert—\n“Exception 9\nThe subject-matter of section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 (benefits under schemes for improving nutrition: pregnant women, mothers and children).”\n(3) In the Interpretation provision, at the end insert— “ The reference to the subject-matter of section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 is to be construed as a reference to it as at the day on which section 27 of the Scotland Act 2016 comes into force (and, accordingly, paragraph 5(1) of Part 3 of this Schedule does not apply to that reference). ”\n(4) Omit Section J5 (welfare foods).\n(5) In the Social Security Act 1988, in section 13(2) (benefits under schemes for improving nutrition: consultation) omit “the Scottish Ministers and”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 27 in force at 8.2.2019 by S.I. 2018/1364, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/11/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:22.624671+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."
}