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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-dogs-scotland-act-2025/section-7",
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  "legislation": "asp/2025/6",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-dogs-scotland-act-2025",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Public awareness and understanding of code",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers must take reasonable steps to ensure public awareness and understanding of the code of practice.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers must, in particular, take reasonable steps to ensure that there is awareness and understanding of the code of practice among school pupils.\n(3) Before determining what steps to take to ensure public awareness and understanding of the code of practice, the Scottish Ministers must—\n(a) consult organisations with an interest in the welfare of dogs, and\n(b) consider how such organisations could contribute to any steps to be taken.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 19.5.2025, see s. 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/6/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:59.065220+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."
}