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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/315",
  "legislation_title": "Poultrymeat Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Rule has been printed in substitution of the SR of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule.\nAgriculture\nMade 14th September 2011\nComing into operation 14th October 2011\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that it is expedient for references in these Regulations to the following Regulations to be construed as references to those Regulations as amended from time to time—\n(a)\n(b)\nThere has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1056), regs. 1(2), 9, Sch."
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    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2812 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations"
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)"
    },
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      "text": "O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 (O.J. No. L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 14)"
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      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/315/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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