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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-egypt-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/30",
  "legislation_title": "The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-egypt-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Plant Health\nMade 28th January 2009\nComing into operation 1st March 2009\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act (1972) .\nIt is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of that Act in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for a reference to Commission Decision 2004/4/EC to be construed as a reference to that Decision as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1), Article 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2812"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1972 c.68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 2, 6.1.2004, p.50 (Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith is now known as Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/30/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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