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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-radioactivity-in-sheep-england-partial-revocation-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/62",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) (Partial Revocation) Order 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES\nPUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND\nPUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND\nCONTAMINATION OF FOOD\nmade 16th January 1996\nLaid before Parliament 16th January 1996\nComing into force 17th January 1996\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and section 24(1) and (3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 48; section 1 was amended by section 51 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines “designating authority” and section 24(1) defines “the Ministers”."
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/62/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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