{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-misleading-advertisements-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-misleading-advertisements-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/915",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-misleading-advertisements-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 23rd May 1988\nComing into force 20th June 1988\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designatedfor the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the control of advertising;\nAnd whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 2(2) of and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1985/749"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/915/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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