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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/263",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 6th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th February 1997\nComing into force\nFor the purposes of regulation 12 and of the Schedule 1st April 1997\nFor all other purposes 5th March 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49, 50, and 63A of the Road Traffic 1988 Act (“the 1988 Act”), section 128 of the Finance Act 1990, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 52; section 49 is amended by paragraph 54 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and section 50 is amended by paragraph 55 of that Schedule and by Schedule 8 to that Act. Section 63A was inserted by section 18 of the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49) which came into force on 1st August 1996 by virtue of S.I. 1996/1943."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 29."
    }
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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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