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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-codification-amendments-etc-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/994",
  "legislation_title": "The Good Laboratory Practice (Codification Amendments Etc.) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-codification-amendments-etc-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 30th March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 6th April 2004\nComing into force 27th April 2004\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act in relation to measures relating to good laboratory practice, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2), 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. 1999/2788."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Measures relating to good laboratory practice are not a reserved matter under the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Therefore, as regards Scotland, see section 57(1) of the 1998 Act which provides that despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of that Act of functions in relation to observing and implementing Community law, any function of a Minister of the Crown in relation to any matter (including, therefore, in relation to measures relating to good laboratory practice) shall continue to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/994/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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