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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poisons-act-1972-explosives-precursors-amendment-regulations-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/451",
  "legislation_title": "The Poisons Act 1972 (Explosives Precursors) (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poisons-act-1972-explosives-precursors-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 27th March 2018\nLaid before Parliament 3rd April 2018\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (4)\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2A(1)(a) and 10(1)(a) of the Poisons Act 1972.\nIn accordance with section 2A(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State, in determining the distribution of substances as between the various Parts of Schedule 1A to that Act, has had regard to the desirability of restricting Parts 3 and 4 to substances that meet the criteria in section 2A(3)(a) and (b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 66. Section 2A is inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 21 to the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) and section 10 is inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 21 to that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/451/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:16.451377+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."
}