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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1927",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRICITY, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 17th July 2000\nLaid before Parliament 20th July 2000\nComing into force 1st September 2000\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:—",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/785."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to implement obligations created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183)."
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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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