{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2383",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMILK AND DAIRIES\nMade 18th December 1989\nLaid before Parliament 21st December 1989\nComing into force 1st April 1990\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 38, 74(3) and 118 of the Food Act 1984 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 118(6) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations and with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 10 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 30; section 132(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State for Health, by virtue of S.I. 1988/1843."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 62."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2383/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."
}