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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/302",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (Variety Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nEuropean Union\nSeeds\nMade 4th December 2020\nComing into operation 31st December 2020\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs being a Department designated for the purposes of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for references to the instruments specified in regulation 2 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2812."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
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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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