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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/3",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 10th January 2006\nComing into operation 11th January 2006\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food.\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 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 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 the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1056), regs. 1(2), 9, Sch."
    },
    {
      "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": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2901"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "O.J. No. L245, 29.9.2003, p. 4"
    }
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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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