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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-amendment-england-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/790",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-amendment-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD, ENGLAND\nMade 18th March 2000\nLaid before Parliament 20th March 2000\nComing into force\n(a) in the case of all provisions other than regulation 3 30th March 2000\n(b) in the case of regulation 3 31st March 2000\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 the common agricultural policy of the European Community acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section in so far as these Regulations could not have been made under the powers mentioned below;\nAnd the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and (3), 17(1), 26, 48(1) and 49(2) of, and paragraphs 5 and 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations;\nMake the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c. 16. See section 4(1) for a definition of “the Ministers ”. Functions of “the Ministers” so far as exercisable in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672. Functions of “the Ministers” were further modified in relation to England by S.I. 1999/3141."
    }
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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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