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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/356",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 28th July 2005\nComing into operation 1st January 2006\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, 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, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation as 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, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I.1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2901"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L245, 29.9.2003, p. 4)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/356/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."
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