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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "consumer protection\nMade 15th February 2007\nLaid before Parliament 16th February 2007\nComing into force\nfor the purposes of regulations 3 and 6 10th March 2007\nfor all other purposes 1st September 2007\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 11 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987.\nShe is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to medical devices.\nIn accordance with section 11(5) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, she has consulted such organisations as appeared to her to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, such other persons as she considered appropriate and the Health and Safety Commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c.43; section 11 was amended by S.I. 2005/1083; there are other amendments but none are relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The Secretary of State was designated in relation to measures relating to active implantable medical devices by S.I. 1991/2289 and in relation to measures relating to medical devices other than active implantable medical devices in S.I. 1993/2661."
    }
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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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