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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/footwear-indication-of-composition-labelling-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2489",
  "legislation_title": "The Footwear (Indication of Composition) Labelling Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/footwear-indication-of-composition-labelling-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 20th September 1995\nLaid before Parliament 25th September 1995\nComing into force\n(except as provided in regulation 1(2)) 23rd March 1996\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to consumer protection;\nNow, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/2661."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
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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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