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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/direct-payments-to-farmers-legislative-continuity-act-2020-consequential-amendments-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/direct-payments-to-farmers-legislative-continuity-act-2020-consequential-amendments-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nMade 27th April 2020\nLaid before Parliament 28th April 2020\nComing into force 30th April 2020\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1) of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020, makes the following Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 6(5) of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020, the Secretary of State has obtained consent from the Scottish Ministers, Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2020 c. 2."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/463/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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