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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/4",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Dangerous Drugs\nMade 10th January 2018\nComing into operation 31st January 2018\nThe Department of Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 10, 22 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as adapted by sections 7(9), 31(4) and 38 of that Act and now vested in it and after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in accordance with section 31(3) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety was renamed the Department of Health by section 1(5) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5) (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c.38, as amended by section 151 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R.&O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 504, Article 5(a) and S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.), Article 3(6)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/4/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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