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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-england-regulations-2009/schedule-2/part-5/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1584",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Irradiation (England) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-england-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/5/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "(1) If the Agency considers that unless the licence is suspended there will or may be a risk of injury to health it may give notice in writing to the licensee suspending the licence from a date specified in the notice and, subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the licence shall have no effect for the purpose of these Regulations during that period.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where notice is given suspending the licence—\n(a) the suspension shall cease to have effect at the expiration of three days after notice of the suspension has been given unless notice has in the meantime been given to the licensee under paragraph 1; but\n(b) if notice has in the meantime been given to the licensee under paragraph 1, the suspension shall continue until either—\n(i) the Agency is persuaded not to cancel the licence; or\n(ii) the licence terminates.\n(3) The Agency may, if it considers that in the absence of suspension there will not be a risk of injury to health, by further notice in writing to the licensee withdraw the notice suspending the licence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1584/schedule/2/part/5/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:10:18.379269+00:00"
  },
  "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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