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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3344",
  "legislation_title": "The Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Fisheries, England And Wales\nRiver, England And Wales\nMade 14th December 2009\nLaid before Parliament 21st December 2009\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 21st December 2009\nComing into force 15th January 2010\nThe Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers are each designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy.\nThe Secretary of State in relation to England and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales make these Regulations under the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 2005/2766. By virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), the designation made in relation to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 2005/2766 is transferred to the Welsh Ministers."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
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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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