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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ship-recycling-facilities-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Ship Recycling Facilities (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ship-recycling-facilities-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 4th October 2018\nComing into operation 29th October 2018\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Department has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in respect of measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to the environment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of the Environment was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) >2016 (c. 5 N.I.) and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76), its functions were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68 as amended by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/2870 and S.I. 2008/301"
    }
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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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