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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-amendment-no-2-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1997",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-amendment-no-2-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nMade 7th December 2015\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 2015\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references to the European Union instruments listed in paragraph 1(3) of the Schedule to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "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 Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The function of the former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of making regulations under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations that extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland and apply in Wales remains exercisable by virtue of section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), article 3(2) of the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2812) and article 6 of the European Communities (Designation) (No. 5) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2690), respectively."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1997/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."
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