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  "legislation_title": "The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999",
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  "heading": "Power of the Secretary of State to grant exemptions",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may grant exemptions from the provisions of regulations 4 and 5 but only in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3(5), 4(3) and 7 of the Directive.\n(2) Any exemption granted under paragraph (1) shall be made by instrument in writing and shall confer exemption upon such person or classes of person for such period and in such circumstances as may be specified in the instrument conferring the exemption.",
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    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2021/199",
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    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/2010/3035",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/3078",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
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      "affecting_title": "The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and the Biofuel (Labelling) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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