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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/524",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 18th December 2006\nComing into operation\nfor the purpose of regulation 3(12) to 3(16) 1st May 2007\nfor all other purposes 1st February 2007\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, being the Department concerned, makes the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1) and (2) and 40(2), (4) and 55(2) of and paragraphs 1(1), (2), 10, 14(1) and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”). It is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms. The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3) of the 1978 Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (23.10.2015) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/339), reg. 36(b) (with reg. 3(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see 1999 No. 283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978 No. 1039 ( 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1978 No. 1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; the enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/755"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998 No. 2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Article 46(3) was amended by S.I 1998 No. 2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/524/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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