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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/404",
  "legislation_title": "Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 31st August 1996\nComing into operation 1st September 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/404/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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