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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-amendment-no-3-scotland-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Specified Risk Material Amendment (No. 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-amendment-no-3-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 14th August 2001\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 16th August 2001\nComing into force 20th August 2001\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (f), (2)(a) and (3), 17, 19(1)(a), 26 and 48(1) of and paragraphs 2(1), 3(1), 5 and 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; sections 16(1) and (2), 19(1) and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17 was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 26(3) was amended by Schedule 6 of the 1999 Act; amendments made by the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 48(4A) was inserted by the Food Standards Act 1999, Schedule 5, paragraph 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 48(4B) was inserted by the Food Standards Act 1999, Schedule 5, paragraph 21."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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