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<Text>The Scottish Ministers must consult such persons, or groups of persons, as they consider appropriate before laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing—</Text>
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<Text>regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/1">section 1</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-1-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/1/5" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/1/5">(5)</InternalLink>,</Text>
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<Text>regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/4">section 4</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-4-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/4/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/4/3">(3)</InternalLink>,</Text>
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<Text>regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/5" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/5">section 5</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-5-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/5/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/5/1">(1)</InternalLink>,</Text>
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<Text>the first regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/14" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/14">section 14</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-14-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/14/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/14/1">(1)</InternalLink>,</Text>
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<Text>regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/21" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/13/section/21">section 21</InternalLink> which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act.</Text>
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