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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2024",
  "legislation_title": "The Quarries Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 12th July 1999\nLaid before Parliament 27th July 1999\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (5)(b) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 3(1) and (2), 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15(1), 16, 18, 20 and 21(b) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by Schedule 15 of the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively. The general purposes of Part I referred to in section 15(1) were extended by section 117(2) of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2024/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:31.809270+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."
}