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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1184",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Standards (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection, England\nMade 6th December 2016\nLaid before Parliament 8th December 2016\nComing into force 31st December 2016\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to the environment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
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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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