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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drivers-hours-passenger-and-goods-vehicles-exemption-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/240",
  "legislation_title": "The Drivers’ Hours (Passenger and Goods Vehicles) (Exemption) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drivers-hours-passenger-and-goods-vehicles-exemption-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 8th February 1996\nLaid before Parliament 8th February 1996\nComing into force 9th February 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 96(10) of the Transport Act 1968 and now vested in him and of all the enabling powers, after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 101(6) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 73: Part VI of the Transport Act 1968 is modified by section 4 of and Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 c. 68; section 2 of the Road Traffic (Drivers’ Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 c. 3; section 10 of the Transport Act 1978 c. 55; section 32 of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980 c. 43; sections 38, 39 and 46 of and Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 c. 48; section 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Transport Act 1985; section 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 c. 54; section 48 of and Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 c. 40; and by S.I.s 1970/257, 1971/818, 1979/1746, 1981/1373, 1982/2121, 1984/144, 1986/1457, 1986/1458, 1986/1459, 1989/2121, 1991/381 and 1994/1838."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1970/1681, 1976/1775, 1979/571 and 1981/238."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/240/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."
}