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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2019/18",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 12th February 2019\nComing into operation 11th March 2019\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 32(1), (2)(b) and (c) and (6) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 makes the following Regulations.\nIn accordance with Article 32(3) of that Order, the Department has published a notice indicating the effect of these Regulations and has taken into consideration the representations made to it in accordance with the notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/18/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."
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