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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-basic-safety-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-basic-safety-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES\nEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES\nMade 2nd April 2003\nComing into operation 1st May 2003\nThe Department of the Environment being a department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the safety measures in regard to radioactive substances and the emission of ionising radiation, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/1718"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/208/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:03:10.460469+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."
}