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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/47",
  "legislation_title": "The Explosives (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 25th February 2014\nComing into operation 28th February 2014\nThe Department of Justice is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations; and for measures relating to consumer protection.\nThe Department of Justice, being the Department concerned, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act and Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) and 55(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Department expedient for the reference set out in Regulation 2 of these Regulations to Regulation (EU) No. 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals to be construed as including references to Annexes I, II, V and VI of that Regulation as those Annexes are amended from time to time.\nIn accordance with Article 46(1) of that Order it has consulted with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and such bodies as appeared to be appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/897."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/2661."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "O.J. No. L201, 27.07.12, p1."
    }
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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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