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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asbestos-products-safety-regulations-1985/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/2042",
  "legislation_title": "The Asbestos Products (Safety) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asbestos-products-safety-regulations-1985",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 20th December 1985\nLaid before Parliament in draft\nComing into Operation (except as provided in Regulation 1) 1st January 1986\nWhereas the Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 1(4) of the Consumer Safety Act 1978, consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, such other persons as he considers appropriate and the Health and Safety Commission:\nAnd whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 7(7) of the said Act:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/2042/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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