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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-modification-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3307",
  "legislation_title": "The Blood Safety and Quality (Modification) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-modification-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 15th December 2009\nLaid before Parliament 15th December 2009\nComing into force 16th December 2009\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 is the designated Minister for the purposes of that section in relation to health protection measures regulating the use of material of human origin.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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 by section 3(3) of and Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "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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