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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-safety-amendment-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/407",
  "legislation_title": "The Channel Tunnel (Safety) (Amendment) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-safety-amendment-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Channel Tunnel\nHealth And Safety\nMade 25th February 2013\nLaid before Parliament 28th February 2013\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the appropriate Minister by section 11(1)(a), and (g), (2)(a) and (b) and (3)(a), (b) and (f) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 and by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the latter Act.\nThis Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as a reference to those provisions as amended from time to time.\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to railways and railway transport.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c.53. “Appropriate Minister” is defined in section 13(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted, by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51, sections 27(1)(a) and 28). Both are amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7. Part 1 of the Schedule) and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 is also amended by S.I. 2007/1388."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 1(iii )of the regulation in the Schedule to this Order makes such a reference."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/266, to which there are amendments not relevant for these Regulations."
    }
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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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