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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1413",
  "legislation_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 4th June 1997\nLaid before Parliament 5th June 1997\nComing into force 1st July 1997\nThe 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 6(4), 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act; section 6(4)(a) of the Act was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), Schedule 9, paragraph 6."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1413/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."
}