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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-amendment-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/683",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 9th March 1999\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1999\nComing into force\n(a) in the case of all provisions other than regulation 2(10)(c), (g) and (k) 31st March 1999\n(b) in the case of regulation 2(10)(c) 30th September 1999\n(c) in the case of regulation 2(10)(g) and (k) 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, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), 17(1), 26, 45, 48(1) and 49(2) of, and paragraphs 5(1), (2) and (3) 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;\nHereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811."
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      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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      "text": "1990 c. 16. See section 4(1) for a definition of “the Ministers”."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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