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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2992",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Equality\nMade 29th November 2012\nLaid before Parliament 30th November 2012\nComing into force 21st December 2012\nThe Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination.\nThe Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, make the following Regulations:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 2011/2718."
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      "label": "M2",
      "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 Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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