{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-risk-assessment-records-and-exemptions-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1106",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment) (Records and Exemptions) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-risk-assessment-records-and-exemptions-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 12th April 1996\nLaid before Parliament 18th April 1996\nComing into force 9th May 1996\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 the powers conferred on them by sections 108(5), (7) and (10) and 126(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1106/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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