{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/259",
  "legislation_title": "Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 27th June 1996\nComing into operation 31st July 1996\nThe Department of Agriculture, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(d) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section and sections 66(1), 68(1), 73(3), 74(1), 74A, 84 and 86 of the Agriculture Act 1970 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with such persons or organisations as appear to it to represent the interests concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "As read together with section 2(5) of the European Economic Area Act 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to the Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.R. 1984 No. 253"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Inserted by 1972 c. 68 section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph (6)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/259/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."
}