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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-miscellaneous-revocations-and-amendments-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3267",
  "legislation_title": "The Food (Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-miscellaneous-revocations-and-amendments-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 18th December 1995\nLaid before Parliament 18th December 1995\nComing into force 1st January 1996\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1), (2) and (3), 17, 18(1)(c), 26(1)(a), (2)(e) and (3), 31 and 48(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf; the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the Act of 1990 with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations (insofar as the Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said sections of the said Act of 1990), hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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