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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-installations-excepted-matter-regulations-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-installations-excepted-matter-regulations-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1779",
  "legislation_title": "The Nuclear Installations (Excepted Matter) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-installations-excepted-matter-regulations-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES\nNUCLEAR MATTER\nMade 4th December 1978\nLaid before Parliament 7th December 1978\nComing into Operation 1st January 1979\nThe Secretary of State for Energy (as to England and Wales) and the Secretary of State for Scotland (as to Scotland) in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 and now vested in them (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other powers them enabling hereby jointly make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1969/1498; 1970/1537"
    }
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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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