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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-payment-surcharges-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3110",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-payment-surcharges-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Consumer Protection\nMade 18th December 2012\nLaid before Parliament 19th December 2012\nComing into force 6th April 2013\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 , in relation to matters relating to consumer protection , makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.",
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  "status": null,
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      "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 1, Part 1."
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2661)."
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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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