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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-the-euro-against-counterfeiting-amendment-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2944",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of the Euro against Counterfeiting (Amendment) Regulations 2011",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Banks And Banking\nFinancial Services\nMade 8th December 2011\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 2011\nComing into force 31st December 2011\nThe Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the protection of the euro against counterfeiting.\nThe Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/961."
    },
    {
      "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 the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1."
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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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