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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/driving-licences-community-driving-licence-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1974",
  "legislation_title": "The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/driving-licences-community-driving-licence-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 22nd July 1996\nComing into force\nas to paragraphs 2(5), 2(6), 2(8) 3(2), 17 and 35 of Schedule 1, paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 and so much of regulations 2 and 4 and the remainder of Schedules 1 and 3 as is necessary for the purpose of conferring on the Secretary of State extended or modified powers to make regulations 23rd July 1996\nfor all other purposes 1st January 1997\nWhereas both Houses of Parliament have approved a draft of this instrument, the Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1536."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) section 1(2) of this Act is amended to enable regulations to be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1994 (Cm 2183)."
    }
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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."
}