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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2864",
  "legislation_title": "The Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statistics-of-trade-customs-and-excise-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "STATISTICS OF TRADE\nMade 1st December 1997\nLaid before Parliament 4th December 1997\nComing into force 1st January 1998\nThe Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, being the department designated for the purpose of that subsection in relation to the receipt, regulation and control of statistics relating to the trading of goods between the United Kingdom and other member States of the Communities, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/707."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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