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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-waste-amendment-no-2-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/011085599X",
  "legislation_title": "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 93(10) of the Environment Act 1995 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament. This draft Statutory Instrument supersedes the version of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 laid before Parliament on 23rd July 1999 (which has been withdrawn) and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft.\nENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 1999\nComing into force\nexcept for regulation 3 1999\nRegulation 3 1st March 2000\nThe Secretary of State–\n(a) in exercise of his powers under sections 93, 94 and 95 of the Environment Act 1995, for the implementation of articles 6(1) and 13 of Directive 94/62/EC, after consultation in accordance with section 93(2) of that Act, and after having regard to the matters specified in section 93(6) as required by section 93(5) of that Act;\n(b) being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the management of packaging and packaging waste, in exercise of his powers under section 2(2) of that Act, and\n(c) in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf,\nhereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25; see section 93(8) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. See also the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), Schedule 3 paragraph 5, and the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), section 57(1), as respects the continued exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions for the purpose of implementing any Community obligation of the United Kingdom."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L365, 31.12.94, p. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/266."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation 2(3) is made partly under this power."
    }
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  "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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