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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/technical-assistance-control-regulations-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1719",
  "legislation_title": "The Technical Assistance Control Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/technical-assistance-control-regulations-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision for penalties and enforcement in respect of Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/ 2005 of 27 June 2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (“the Regulation”).\nRegulations 2 and 3 provide for criminal offences in relation to a breach of the provision relating to technical assistance in Article 4 of the Regulation.\nRegulation 4 provides for licensing. Regulation 5 provides for penalties in respect of criminal offences created by these Regulations. Regulation 6 provides for their enforcement.\nA regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1719/note",
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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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