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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-duties-act-1979/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/5",
  "legislation_title": "Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-duties-act-1979",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule “authorised analyst” means—\n(a) the Government Chemist or a person acting under his direction;\n(b) the Government Chemist for Northern Ireland or a person acting under his direction;\n(c) any chemist authorised by the Treasury to make analyses for the purposes of this Schedule; or\n(d) any other person appointed as a public analyst or deputy public analyst under—\nsection 27 of the Food Safety Act 1990, or\nArticle 27(1) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(d) substituted (N.I.) (21. 5.1991) by S.I. 1991/762, art. 51(1), Sch. 2 para.13; S.R. 1991/175, art. 2(1)."
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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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