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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/105",
  "legislation_title": "Spirit Drinks (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 21st March 1995\nComing into operation 1st May 1995\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 16(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, and being a designated Department for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the description of and other requirements relating to spirit drinks, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) (as read with section 3(3) of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (save for paragraph (a) thereof)), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7). See Article 2(2) for the definition of “regulations” and “the Department concerned”"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1327"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; the definition of the Treaties referred to in section 2(2) was extended by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1993 c. 51"
    }
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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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