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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/604",
  "legislation_title": "The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 24th May 2016\nLaid before Parliament 27th May 2016\nComing into force 18th July 2016\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to health protection measures regulating the use of material of human origin.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/3037."
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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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