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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-greencore-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/921",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Greencore) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-greencore-regulations-2020",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Health, England\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 28th August 2020\nComing into force 29th August 2020\nLaid before Parliament 1st September 2020\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1), (3)(c), (4)(d), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.\nThese Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in England.\nThe Secretary of State considers that the requirements and restrictions imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.\nIn accordance with section 45R of that Act, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/921/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."
}