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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accreditation-regulations-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accreditation-regulations-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3155",
  "legislation_title": "The Accreditation Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accreditation-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Market Standards\nAccreditation Of Services\nMade 30th November 2009\nLaid before Parliament 3rd December 2009\nComing into force 1st January 2010\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to accreditation of conformity assessment bodies.\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/2743."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3155/introduction",
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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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