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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1886",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 15th July 1994\nLaid before Parliament 20th July 1994\nComing into force\nRegulation 3(3) (to the extent specified in regulation 1(3)) 1st April 1995\nRegulation 30(2) and (3) 1st January 1996\nRegulation 14(2) and (5)(b) 1st January 1997\nRegulation 14(4) (to the extent specified in regulation 1(4)(b)) 1st January 1997\nThe remainder 31st October 1994\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (4)(a), (5), (6)(b) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2) and (3), 4(1), 12 and 16 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; section 1(1) was extended by section 2(1) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c. 15), and sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively."
    }
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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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