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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111129876",
  "legislation_title": "The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 135(6) of the Children and Families Act 2014 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nPublic Health\nMade ***\nComing into force 20th May 2016\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating tobacco, tobacco products, nicotine, nicotine products and herbal products for smoking.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94 and 135(2) and (3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nA draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 135(6) of the Children and Families Act 2014 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2014/2705"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2014 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(2)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006."
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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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