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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/345",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Food\nMade 22nd September 2016\nComing into operation 15th October 2016\nThe Department of Health being a department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 Act and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references to an Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat to be construed as references to that Annex as amended from time to time.\nAs required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c.5 (N.I.), section 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.2003/2901"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51) and has been amended by section 3(3) of and the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c.7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L189, 27.6.2014, p.1)"
    }
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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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