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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-basic-payment-and-support-schemes-wales-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1252",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-basic-payment-and-support-schemes-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture, Wales\nMade 22 April 2015\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 23 April 2015\nComing into force 14 May 2015\nThe Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for any reference in these Regulations to EU instruments to be construed as a reference to those instruments as amended from time to time.\nThe Welsh Ministers make 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",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/2690."
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "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 the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006."
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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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