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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sanctions-regulations-eu-exit-commencement-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1514",
  "legislation_title": "The Sanctions Regulations (EU Exit) (Commencement) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sanctions-regulations-eu-exit-commencement-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Exiting The European Union\nSanctions\nMade 10th December 2020\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2018 c.13. The sanctions regulations commenced by this instrument provide that they shall come into force in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Act. Section 56(1) of the Act provides for an appropriate Minister to appoint by regulations the day or days on which sanctions regulations made under section 1 of the Act come into force, if that Minister considers it is appropriate to do so in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. Section 1(9)(a) of the Act defines an “appropriate Minister” as including the Secretary of State."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1514/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."
}