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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/990",
  "legislation_title": "The Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 20th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 21st March 1997\nComing into force 11th April 1997\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, being a Minister designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, 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."
    }
  ],
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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."
}