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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/timber-and-timber-products-and-flegt-eu-exit-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1025",
  "legislation_title": "The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/timber-and-timber-products-and-flegt-eu-exit-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e) and (g) of section 8(2)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.\nThese Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of environmental protection and, in particular, amend legislation relating to the import and placing on the market of timber and timber products to minimise the risk of placing illegally harvested timber and timber products derived from such timber on the market. Part 2 amends subordinate legislation and Part 3 amends retained EU Regulations.\nAn impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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