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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/phytosanitary-conditions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1171",
  "legislation_title": "The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/phytosanitary-conditions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Plant Health\nMade 20th October 2021\nLaid before Parliament 21st October 2021\nComing into force 2nd December 2021\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5(3), 30(1), 37(5), 40(3), 41(3), 42(3), 72(3) and 105(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants (“the Plant Health Regulation”), makes the following Regulations.\nThe Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations for the purposes of Article 2a(2) of the Plant Health Regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EUR 2016/2031 amended by S.I. 2020/1482. There are other amendments, but none is relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 2a(2) of EUR 2016/2031 contains a definition of “the appropriate authority” as regards the making of regulations and consent from Welsh Ministers and Scottish Ministers."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1171/introduction",
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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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