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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eggs-and-chicks-and-poultrymeat-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2019/210",
  "legislation_title": "The Eggs and Chicks and Poultrymeat (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eggs-and-chicks-and-poultrymeat-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nFood\nMade 29th October 2019\nComing into operation 19th November 2019\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, being designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union in exercise of the powers conferred under that section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations.\nThere has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD see Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1). DARD was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by Article 1(2) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Act 2016 (2016 c.5 (N.I.))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 2000/2812."
    },
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      "label": "f3",
      "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and section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) and is prospectively repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16), section 1 (see section 20 of that Act)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 202/2008 (O.J. No. L60, 4.3.2008, p.17)."
    }
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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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