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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-25",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/3",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) It is the duty of a council to enforce within its area the provisions of Chapters 1 and 2 and regulations made under them.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may direct, in relation to a particular case or cases of a particular description, that any duty imposed on a council by subsection (1) is to be discharged by the Scottish Ministers and not by the council.\n(3) Where a direction has effect under subsection (2), sections 27 to 31 apply, in relation to the particular case, or cases of the description, specified in the direction—\n(a) as if references to a council officer were references to a person acting on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, and\n(b) with references to a person's area being read in accordance with any modifications specified in the direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2010/345, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:32:54.793045+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."
}