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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-amendment-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nMade 6th October 2009\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 7th October 2009\nComing into force 13th November 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for the references to Community Instruments in regulation 2 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3), and the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”), section 27(1). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act. The functions conferred upon a Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2006/606."
    }
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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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