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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/63",
  "legislation_title": "The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 24th January 2015\nLaid before Parliament 28th January 2015\nComing into force\nFor the purposes of regulation 3 1st October 2015\nFor the purposes of regulation 4 1st January 2017\nFor all other purposes 1st 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 batteries and accumulators. The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/3471"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Schedule, Part 1."
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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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