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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-advertising-and-promotion-display-wales-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2012/1285",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display) (Wales) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-advertising-and-promotion-display-wales-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PUBLIC HEALTH, WALES\nMade 14 May 2012\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 16 May 2012\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(3), 7A(2), 7B(3) and 19(2) of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002, and section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 make the following Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 36. Section 4(3) was amended by S.I. 2006/2369. Sections 7A and 7B were inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c. 21 ), section 21. The Welsh Ministers are the “appropriate Minister” in relation to Wales under section 21(1) of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 (“the Act”), which was substituted by section 24 of, and paragraphs 2 and 12 of Schedule 4 to, the Health Act 2009."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/1285/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."
}