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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-england-and-wales-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2486",
  "legislation_title": "The EC Fertilisers (England and Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-england-and-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE, england and wales\nMade 6th September 2006\nLaid before Parliament 14th September 2006\nComing into force 11th October 2006\nThe Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, in relation to materials providing or intended to provide nutrients for plants.\nHe makes the following Regulations under the powers conferred by that section:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/3919 to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2486/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."
}