{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1743",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 4th July 1996\nLaid before Parliament 4th July 1996\nComing into force 5th July 1996\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 16(1)(f)(ii), 26, and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the said 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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act. Section 6(4) was amended by section 31 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to, the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) and section 6(6) was added by section 76 of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 16 to, that Act."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1743/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."
}