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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1320",
  "legislation_title": "The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 20th December 2017\nLaid before Parliament 22nd December 2017\nComing into force 15th February 2018\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to health protection measures regulating the use of material of human origin.\nThe Secretary of State for Health 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",
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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 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_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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