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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-imitations-safety-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1291",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-imitations-safety-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 27th July 1989\nLaid before Parliament 28th July 1989\nComing into force 1st January 1990\nWhereas the Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 11(5) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations and such other persons as he considers appropriate:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 11 of the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 43."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1291/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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