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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/296",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Rule has been made in consequence of a defect in S.R. 2013 No. 229 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule\nFood\nMade 12th December 2013\nComing into operation 17th January 2014\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1), 16(1) and (2), 25(1)(a) and 3 and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.\nIn accordance with Article 47(3A) of that Order, it has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R. 2004 Nos. 482 and 505"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/296/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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