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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-and-hygiene-england-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2996",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-and-hygiene-england-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Food, England\nMade 22nd November 2013\nLaid before Parliament 3rd December 2013\nComing into force 31st December 2013\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 .\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health .\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for any reference to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 to be construed in accordance with regulation 2(6) as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.\nAs required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of the following Regulations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51) and has been amended by section 3(3) of and the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c.7)."
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      "text": "OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny- Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14)."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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