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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-information-and-compositional-requirements-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/251",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-information-and-compositional-requirements-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Food\nMade 27th June 2016\nComing into operation 20th July 2016\nThe Department of Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1), 16(1) and (2), 25(3), 26(3) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 .\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department of Health, that it is expedient for a reference to the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 specified in Regulation 2(2), to be construed as a reference to those provisions as amended from time to time.\nIn accordance with Article 47(3A) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, the Department of Health has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.\nAs required by Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 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 and evaluation of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c.5 (N.I.), section 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R.2004 Nos.482 and 505"
    },
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      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1972 c.68. as amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008(c.7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51) and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c.7)"
    },
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      "label": "M4",
      "text": "OJ No. L 181, 29.6.2013 p.35"
    },
    {
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      "label": "M5",
      "text": "OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p1 last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 (OJ No L 188, 18.7.2009, p 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1056), regs. 1(2), 9, Sch."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/251/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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