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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-amendment-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1552",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 7th June 1999\nLaid before Parliament 7th June 1999\nComing into force (except as provided in Regulation 1(2)) 30th June 1999\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures for safety and consumer protection as regards cosmetic products and any provisions concerning the composition, labelling, marketing, classification or description of cosmetics products:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of that Act hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972/1811, 1975/1707, 1993/2661."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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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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