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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/semiconductor-products-protection-of-topography-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1497",
  "legislation_title": "The Semiconductor Products (Protection of Topography) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/semiconductor-products-protection-of-topography-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DESIGNS\nMade 20th August 1987\nLaid before Parliament 1st September 1987\nComing into force 7th November 1987\nThe Secretary of State, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the conferment and protection of exclusive rights in the topographies of semiconductor products, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/448."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1497/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."
}