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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-improvement-of-enforcement-procedures-food-safety-act-1990-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1683",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation (Improvement of Enforcement Procedures) (Food Safety Act 1990) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-improvement-of-enforcement-procedures-food-safety-act-1990-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990 and the expressions “authorised officer”, “enforcement authority”, “food business”, “improvement notice” and “proprietor” have the meaning which they bear in section 10 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16."
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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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