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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-amendment-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1255",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Mercury (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 1st December 2025\nLaid before Parliament 2nd December 2025\nComing into force 23rd December 2025\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury.\nIn accordance with Article 21(8) of that Regulation, the Secretary of State makes these Regulations with the consent of the Welsh Ministers and the Scottish Ministers.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EUR 2017/852; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2020/1620."
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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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