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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-emissions-trading-scheme-allocation-of-allowances-for-payment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2661",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Emissions Trading Scheme (Allocation of Allowances for Payment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-emissions-trading-scheme-allocation-of-allowances-for-payment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nEmissions Trading\nMade 23rd October 2012\nLaid before Parliament 24th October 2012\nComing into force 14th November 2012\nThe Treasury make the following Regulations, except regulation 6(1)(a), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 16(2) and (4) of the Finance Act 2007 .\nThe Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.\nThe Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change makes regulation 6(1)(a) in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "2007 c.11."
    },
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
    },
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "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 the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1."
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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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