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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-critical-work-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/299",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Safety Critical Work) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-critical-work-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nTRANSPORT\nMade 10th February 1994\nLaid before Parliament 18th February 1994\nComing into force 1st April 1994\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (4)(a), (5)(b), (6)(b) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(c), 6(2), 7, 8(1) and 14 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 said 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": 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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