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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-signs-regulations-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-signs-regulations-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1536",
  "legislation_title": "The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-signs-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Health, England\nMade 11th June 2012\nLaid before Parliament 19th June 2012\nComing into force 1st October 2012\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2), (3) and (4) of the Health Act 2006:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 28 The Secretary of State is the “appropriate national authority” in relation to England under section 82(1) of the Health Act 2006. See section 71(1) for the definition of “regulations”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1536/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."
}