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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/247",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat (Official Controls Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Food\nMade 25th June 2009\nComing into operation- 27th September 2009\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public has been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for any reference to a Community instrument defined in Schedule 1 to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.\nAs required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2901"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 202/2008 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (OJ No. L60, 5.3.2008, p.17) (EC) No. 1642.2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, P.4) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, P.3)"
    }
  ],
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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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