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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-pipe-line-works-assessment-of-environmental-effects-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/422",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Pipe-line Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRICITY\nPIPE-LINES\nMade 26th February 1996\nLaid before Parliament 26th February 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/785."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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