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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 18th September 2015\nComing into operation 23rd October 2015\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (“the Department”), is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms.\nThe Department, being the Department concerned makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and Articles 2(5), 17(1)to (5), 40(2), 40(4), 54(1) and (2) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), 2, 3(1), 4, 5, 7(2), 8, 10, 12(1) and (3), 13, 14(1), 15, 16 and 19 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(“the 1978 Order”).\nThe Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Department 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": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services; see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I.11), Article 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/755"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I.17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Article 55(2) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18 and the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c.17), section 11 and Schedule 3 paragraph 10"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/339/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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