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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/alternative-dispute-resolution-for-consumer-disputes-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1392",
  "legislation_title": "The Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/alternative-dispute-resolution-for-consumer-disputes-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Consumer Protection\nMade 18th June 2015\nLaid before Parliament 18th June 2015\nComing into force\nfor the purpose of regulations 2(5)(c), (13), (14) and (15)(j), and 6 and 9 9th January 2016\nRemainder 9th July 2015\nThe Secretary of State, is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, in relation to matters relating to consumer protection.\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 210(9) and 212(3) of the Enterprise Act 2002.",
  "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) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/2661."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c.40; section 210 was amended by regulations 4 and 5 of S.I. 2006/3363 and article 4(1) of S.I. 2011/1043. Section 212 was amended by regulations 6 to 8 of S.I. 2006/3363 and regulation 2 of S.I. 2007/528."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1392/introduction",
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  "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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