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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-amendment-wales-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2002/3182",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-amendment-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WALES\nMade 17th December 2002\nComing into force 31st December 2002\nThe National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 87(1) and (2) of the Environment Act 1995 and now vested in the National Assembly, having, in accordance with section 87(7) of that Act, consulted the Environment Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to the National Assembly to be representative of the interests of local government and of industry as it considers appropriate, and such other bodies or persons as it considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25; see section 91(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The powers of the Secretary of State, insofar as exercisable in relation to Wales, have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales; see Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)."
    }
  ],
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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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