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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-amendment-metrication-regulations-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2597",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (Amendment) (Metrication) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-amendment-metrication-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 19th October 1992\nLaid before Parliament 26th October 1992\nComing into force 16th November 1992\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 4(1), 16(1), (2) and (3), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) 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, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16."
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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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