{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1343",
  "legislation_title": "Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 5th June 1991\nLaid before Parliament 14th June 1991\nComing into force 5th July 1991\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(c), (d) and (f) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990, and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appeared to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16. Section 4(1) provides a definition of “the Ministers” which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1343/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."
}