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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-emergency-control-amendment-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1043",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef (Emergency Control) (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-emergency-control-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 3rd April 1996\nLaid before Parliament 3rd April 1996\nComing into force 4th April 1996\nWhereas it appears to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that the sale of meat derived from older bovine animals may involve imminent risk of injury to health, now therefore the said Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6(4), 13(1) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; “the Minister” is defined in section 4(2); section 6(4) was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), section 31 and Schedule 9, paragraph 6."
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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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