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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-safety-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/553",
  "legislation_title": "The Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-safety-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nTRANSPORT\nMade 28th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1997\nComing into force 10th May 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a) and (6)(a) and (b), 18, 47(2) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(c) and 18(a) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to the 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 53(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively; the general purposes of Part I referred to in section 15(1) were extended by section 117 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43)."
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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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