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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/484",
  "legislation_title": "The Spirit Drinks (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 27th February 1995\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 1995\nComing into force 3rd April 1995\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 17(2) of the Food Safety Act 1990, and being one of the Ministers designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the description of and other requirements relating to spirit drinks, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) (as read with section 3(3) of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (save for paragraph (a) thereof)), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; section 4(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1327."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1993 c. 51."
    }
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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."
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