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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2021/4",
  "legislation_title": "UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Environmental Standards Scotland may authorise—\n(a) any of its members,\n(b) any committee established by it,\n(c) its chief executive, or\n(d) any other member of its staff,\nto perform such of its functions (and to such extent) as it may determine.\n(2) The giving of authority under sub-paragraph (1) to perform a function does not—\n(a) affect Environmental Standards Scotland's responsibility for the performance of the function, or\n(b) prevent Environmental Standards Scotland from performing the function itself.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 1.10.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/304, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/4/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:00.235346+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."
}