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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-no-2-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1653",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-no-2-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DANGEROUS DRUGS\nMade 22nd June 2005\nLaid before Parliament 23rd June 2005\nComing into force 18th July 2005\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 7, 10, 22 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, having consulted the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in accordance with section 31(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 38. Section 22 of that Act was amended by section 177(1) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to, the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1653/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."
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