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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-semiconductor-topographies-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-semiconductor-topographies-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DESIGNS\nMade 27th February 1992\nLaid before Parliament 2nd March 1992\nComing into force 24th March 1992\nThe Secretary of State, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the conferment and protection of exclusive rights in the topographies of semiconductor products, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/448."
    },
    {
      "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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