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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3058",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 19th December 1997\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nWhereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 87(8) of the Environment Act 1995:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87(1),(2) and (5) of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Environment Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and with such bodies appearing to him to be representative of the interests of local government and of industry and with such other bodies or persons as he considers appropriate in accordance with section 87(7) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25. See section 91(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3058/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."
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