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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-scotland-regulations-1990/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-scotland-regulations-1990/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1196",
  "legislation_title": "The Spirit Drinks (Scotland) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-scotland-regulations-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which apply to Scotland only, make provision for the administration, execution and enforcement of directly applicable Community provisions relating to the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1576/89 (OJ No. L160, 12.6.1989, p.1) (the “Council Regulation”) and come into force on 5th July 1990.\nThe Regulations–\n(a) designate authorities for the purposes of enforcement (regulation 3);\n(b) provide a power to authorised officers to require the production of books and documents and to take copies of books and documents (regulation 4);\n(c) prescribe offences and penalties (regulation 5(1));\n(d) apply various provisions of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 for the purposes of enforcement (regulation 6);\n(e) repeal section 3(4) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 which permitted a defence in proceedings in respect of diluted whisky, brandy, rum or gin (regulation 7).\nUnder the transitional provisions of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3773/89 (OJ No. L365, 15.12.89, p.48) the marketing of spirit drinks not conforming with the provisions of the Council Regulation is permitted for specified periods in the circumstances described in that Article (regulation 5(2)).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1196/note",
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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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