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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-notification-and-marking-of-sites-regulations-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/304",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-notification-and-marking-of-sites-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 16th February 1990\nLaid before Parliament 1st March 1990\nComing into force 1st September 1990\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(c), (4)(a), (5)(b), 80(1), (4), and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(b), 15(1) and 21(a) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”), the provisions of the Acts mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 4 to these Regulations which are specified opposite thereto in column 4 of that Schedule and of all other enabling powers;\n(a) for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act; and\n(b) it appearing to him that the repeal of the provisions of the Acts mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 4 to these Regulations which are specified opposite thereto in column 3 of that Schedule (provided for by section 80(1) of the 1974 Act as applied by the provisions specified in column 4 of that Schedule) is expedient, after the carrying out by him of consultations in accordance with section 80(4) of the 1974 Act,\nhereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively."
    }
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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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