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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electro-medical-equipment-eec-requirements-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electro-medical-equipment-eec-requirements-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1586",
  "legislation_title": "The Electro-medical Equipment (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electro-medical-equipment-eec-requirements-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRADE DESCRIPTIONS\nMade 9th September 1988\nLaid before Parliament 20th September 1988\nComing into force 11th October 1988\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the sale, free movement or use of electro-medical equipment which conforms to prescribed standards and the reimbursement in respect of services provided with the help of such equipment, in the exercise of powers conferred by that section and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/947."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to the Act and is to be read, as regards England and Wales, with section 32(7) and (9) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) and S.I. 1984/447, as regards Scotland, with section 289 B(4) and (6) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), as inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) and amended by section 55(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and S.I. 1984/526 and, as regards Northern Ireland, with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.R. (N.I.) 1984 No. 253."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1586/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."
}