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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no2-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/163",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no2-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 31st January 1996\nLaid before Parliament 8th February 1996\nComing into force\nFor the purposes of regulation 4 6th March 1996\nFor all other purposes 10th February 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport—\n(a) in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41(1), (2) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”), and\n(b) being a Minister designated for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation of the construction and equipment of vehicles and of components of vehicles, in exercise of the powers conferred by that subsection,\nand in exercise of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 52; Section 41 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), para. 50 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
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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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