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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-machines-and-non-automatic-weighing-instruments-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/428",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-automatic Weighing Machines and Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (Amendment) Regulations 1995",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES\nMade 22nd February 1995\nLaid before Parliament 23rd February 1995\nComing into force 27th March 1995\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation of specifications, construction, placing on the market and use of equipment intended for weighing, measuring or testing or for purposes ancillary thereto, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section (as respects regulations 1 and 3) and of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1) and 86(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (as respects regulations 1, 2 and 4) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/427."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1985 c. 72: section 94(1) contains a definition of “prescribed”."
    }
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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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