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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-regulations-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-regulations-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3017",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Devices Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 28th November 1994\nLaid before Parliament 30th November 1994\nComing into force\nfor the purposes of regulation 17 21st December 1994\nfor all other purposes 1st January 1995\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11 and 27(2) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, after consultation in accordance with section 11(5) of that Act with organisations appearing to her to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, with such other persons as appear to her to be appropriate and with the Health and Safety Commission, and the Secretary of State as respects Great Britain and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland as respects Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and in each case in exercise of all other powers so enabling them, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1993/2661, Article 2, which designates the Secretary of State and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to medical devices."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3017/introduction",
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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."
}