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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fertilisers-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/353",
  "legislation_title": "The Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fertilisers-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 12th October 1998\nComing into operation—\nall provisions except regulation 7(b) and Schedule 2 16th November 1998\nregulation 7(b) and Schedule 2 1st January 1999\nThe Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 66(1), 68(1), (2) and (3), 69(1), (3), (6) and (7), 70(1), 74(1), 74A(1), (2) and (4), 84 and 86(1), (2), (3) and (9) of the Agriculture Act 1970 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with such persons or organisations as appear to it to represent the interests concerned, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 40; section 74A was inserted by S.4(1) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) and there are other amendments to the Act not relevant to these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/897"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; Section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15)"
    }
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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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