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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-electricity-and-noise-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1993",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Electricity and Noise Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-electricity-and-noise-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 14th August 1997\nLaid before Parliament 21st August 1997\nComing into force 21st February 1998\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (3)(a) and (9) and 82(3)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the said Act of 1974 after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively; the general purposes of Part I referred to in section 15(1) were extended by section 1(1) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c. 15)."
    }
  ],
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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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