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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-animal-products-import-and-export-england-amendment-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3203",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-animal-products-import-and-export-england-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture, England\nMade 15th December 2008\nLaid before Parliament 19th December 2008\nComing into force 15th January 2009\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references to the legislation set out in the Schedule to be construed as references to that legislation as amended from time to time.\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S. I. 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A was inserted into Schedule 2 by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3203/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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