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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-amendment-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/924",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 25th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 27th March 1996\nComing into force 17th April 1996\nWhereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has by order designated an area in the South Downs as an environmentally sensitive area;\nNow, therefore, the said Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 49. The expression “the Minister” is defined in section 18(11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/924/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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