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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-designation-of-approval-marks-amendment-regulations-1981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/126",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-designation-of-approval-marks-amendment-regulations-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANDISE MARKS\nMade 3rd February 1981\nLaid before Parliament 12th February 1981\nComing into Operation 5th March 1981\nThe Minister of Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by section 63(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 and now vested in him, and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with the provisions of section 199(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "section 63(1) was amended by the Designation of Approval Marks (European Communities) Regulations 1973 (S.I. 1973/1193)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/571."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/126/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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