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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-product-safety-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2328",
  "legislation_title": "The General Product Safety Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-product-safety-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 5th September 1994\nLaid before Parliament 8th September 1994\nComing into force 3rd October 1994\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designatedfor the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972in relation to measures relating to consumer protection as regards general product safety;\nNow, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "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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