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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-amendment-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/979",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations 1994",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 15th March 1994\nLaid before Parliament 30th March 1994\nComing into force\nAll regulations except regulation 2(e) 29th April 1994\nRegulation 2(e) 1st July 1994\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State being Ministers designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to materials and articles in contact with food or drink or intended for such contact, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/2141."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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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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