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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1414",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Metrication) Regulations 1981",
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  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Metrication) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 13th November 1981.\n(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” mean —\nthe Agriculture (First Aid) Regulations 1957,\nthe Agriculture (Ladders) Regulations 1957,\nthe Agriculture (Power Take-Off) Regulations 1957,\nthe Agriculture (Circular Saws) Regulations 1959,\nthe Agriculture (Safeguarding of Workplaces) Regulations 1959,\nthe Agriculture (Stationary Machinery) Regulations 1959,\nthe Agriculture (Threshers and Balers) Regulations 1960,\nthe Agriculture (Field Machinery) Regulations 1962,\nthe Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974.",
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