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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-testing-requirements-and-standards-england-amendment-regulations-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/682",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-testing-requirements-and-standards-england-amendment-regulations-2021",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Health, England\nMade 7th June 2021\nLaid before Parliament 8th June 2021\nComing into force 29th June 2021\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45C(1) and (3)(c), 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.\nThe Secretary of State considers that the requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health 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.\nIn accordance with section 45Q(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that these Regulations do not contain any provision made by virtue of section 45C(3)(c) of the Act which imposes or enables the imposition of a special restriction or requirement or any other restriction or requirement which has or would have a significant effect on a person’s rights.",
  "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/2021/682/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:12:32.174992+00:00"
  },
  "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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