{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-of-scotland-enterprise-act-2019/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-of-scotland-enterprise-act-2019/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2019/9",
  "legislation_title": "South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-of-scotland-enterprise-act-2019",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Direction",
  "text": "(1) South of Scotland Enterprise must comply with any direction issued to it by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) A direction under this section may—\n(a) be general or relate to a particular function or matter,\n(b) vary or revoke a direction under this section.\n(3) Before issuing a direction under this section the Scottish Ministers must consult South of Scotland Enterprise about it.\n(4) Having issued a direction under this section, the Scottish Ministers must publish—\n(a) the direction, and\n(b) their reasons for issuing it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 16.10.2019 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2019/308, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.4.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2019/308, reg. 3(2) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/85, regs. 1, 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/9/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:01.583666+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."
}