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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electrical-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1101",
  "legislation_title": "The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electrical-equipment-safety-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Consumer Protection\nHealth And Safety\nMade 15th November 2016\nLaid before Parliament 16th November 2016\nComing into force 8th December 2016\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures for safety as respects electrical equipment and in relation to measures for consumer protection .\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "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 by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51)."
    },
    {
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811, superseded in relation to measures relating to consumer protection by S.I. 1993/2661."
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      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/2661."
    },
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      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1101/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."
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