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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-no-2-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1217",
  "legislation_title": "The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-no-2-regulations-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 15th November 2023\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1) and 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (“the POPs Regulation”).\nThe Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations, in accordance with Article 2A of the POPs Regulation.\nIn accordance with Article 18(4) of the POPs Regulation, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EUR 2019/1021, amended by S.I. 2020/1358; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1217/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:38:38.250149+00:00"
  },
  "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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