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  "legislation": "wsi/2012/948",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE, WALES\nMade 26 March 2012\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 28 March 2012\nComing into force 18 April 2012\nThe Welsh Ministers being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the EU, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "By virtue of article 3 of the European Communities (Designation) (No. 5) Order 2010, S.I. 2010/2690."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)."
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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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