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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-basic-conditions-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Protection Products (Basic Conditions) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-basic-conditions-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PESTICIDES\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 30th January 1997\nComing into force 31st January 1997\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(2) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having regard to the interests of persons supplying information for the purposes of section 16 of that Act and after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Pesticides established under section 16(7) of that Act and with the Health and Safety Commission, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 48: section 16 was amended by the Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27) and section 24(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Established by S.I. 1985/1516."
    }
  ],
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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."
}