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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/506",
  "legislation_title": "Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 23rd October 1996\nComing into operation 24th October 1996\nWhereas it appears to the Department of Agriculture acting as the Department concerned that it is necessary or expedient—\n(a) for the purpose of securing that food complies with food safety requirements or in the interests of public health; or\n(b) for the purposes of protecting or promoting the interests of consumers,\nto make the following Regulations.\nNow therefore the said Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 15(1)(f), 25(1) and (3), 26(3), 44(1) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf and after consultation in accordance with Article 47(3) of the said Order with such organisations as appear to it to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1633 (N.I. 12). See Article 2(2) for the definitions of “the Department concerned” and “regulations”"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/506/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."
}