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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110395905",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 2(8) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament\nENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 2002\nComing into force\nfor the purpose of regulation 19(1) 31st August 2002\nfor all other purposes 15th June 2002\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (the “1999 Act”), having in accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act consulted the Environment Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to her to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as she considers appropriate, and such other bodies and persons as she considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 2(8) of the 1999 Act, been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 24; the Secretary of State can exercise these powers only in relation to England and Wales—see section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and section 5(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999."
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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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