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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2311",
  "legislation_title": "The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND\nMade 23rd August 2006\nLaid before Parliament 29th August 2006\nComing into force 1st October 2006\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.\nIn accordance with section 2(4) of that Act, he has consulted the Environment Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to him to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as he considers appropriate and such other bodies and persons as he considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 24. The Secretary of State can exercise these powers only in relation to England: see section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and section 5(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005, S.I. 2005/1958."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2311/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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