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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/persistent-organic-pollutants-various-amendments-regulations-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1099",
  "legislation_title": "The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Various Amendments) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/persistent-organic-pollutants-various-amendments-regulations-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations supplement Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (OJ No. L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45).\nRegulation (EU) 2019/1021 replaces and repeals Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (OJ No. L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 7). Regulations 3 to 5 make various amendments to the following enactments to reflect this—\n(a) the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25),\n(b) the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/894), and\n(c) the Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3106).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1099/note",
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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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