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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-ec-type-approval-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1501",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-ec-type-approval-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 11th June 1997\nLaid before Parliament 23rd June 1997\nComing into force 16th July 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. The enabling powers conferred on him by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1501/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."
}