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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1177",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection, England\nMade 23rd November 2017\nLaid before Parliament 30th November 2017\nComing into force 1st April 2018\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
    }
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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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