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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2112",
  "legislation_title": "The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nCOMPOSITION AND LABELLING\nMade 2nd December 1988\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 1988\nComing into force 31st December 1988\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4, 7 and 118 of the Food Act 1984 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations after consultation in accordance with section 118(6) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State for Health by virtue of S.I. 1988/1843."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2112/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."
}