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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-radioactive-waste-scotland-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2539",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) (Scotland) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-radioactive-waste-scotland-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND\nMade 7th November 1991\nLaid before Parliament 11th November 1991\nComing into force 2nd December 1991\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 30(5) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974, as applied by section 56(6) 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": "1974 c. 40. See also the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” in section 105(1) of the 1974 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 56 was substituted by the Water Act 1989 (c. 15), Schedule 23, paragraph 6."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2539/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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