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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pesticides-regulations-1986/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1510",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pesticides-regulations-1986",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PESTICIDES\nLaid before Parliament in draft\nMade 29th August 1986\nComing into Operation\nRegulation 3(3) 1st July 1987\nRegulation 4(1) 1st January 1987\nRegulation 4(5)(b)(i) 1st January 1988\nRemainder 6th October 1986\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(2) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard to the interests of persons supplying information for the purposes of section 16 of that Act, and after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Pesticides established under section 16(7) of that Act and with the Health and Safety Commission, hereby make the following regulations a draft whereof has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Established by S.I. 1985/1516."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1510/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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