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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/304",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 9th February 1995\nLaid before Parliament 15th February 1995\nComing into force 8th March 1995\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, being the Ministers designated for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms, and sections 111(1), (4), (5), (7) and (11), 122(1) and (4) and 126(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/775."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/304/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."
}