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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-wales-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-wales-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2012/2403",
  "legislation_title": "The Bluetongue (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-wales-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS, WALES\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 15 September 2012\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 19 September 2012\nComing into force 10 October 2012\nThe Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.\nThe Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1792."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/2403/introduction",
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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."
}