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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-amendment-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/289",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-amendment-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulation)\nThese Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in section 8 of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in order to make amendments to a number of pieces of subordinate Northern Ireland environmental protection legislation in relation to waste management and air and environmental quality control.\nThey address failures of retained EU law to allow effective operation and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as little, or no, significant impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/289/note",
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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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