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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/550",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Designs Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DESIGNS\nMade 6th March 2003\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 2003\nComing into force 1st April 2003\nThe Secretary of State, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the legal protection of designs, in exercise of powers conferred on her by the said section 2(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/1813."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/550/introduction",
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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."
}