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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-descriptions-of-products-amendment-order-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/953",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-descriptions-of-products-amendment-order-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1471), which describes products that fall within the definition of tobacco products for the purposes of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 (c. 7).\nArticle 2 of this Order inserts a description of tobacco for heating.\nA draft of this Order was notified to the European Commission under Directive (EU) 2015/1535 (the Technical Standards Directive) on 3rd January 2019 and the notification number is 2019/0001/UK.\nA Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 6th July 2018 alongside the draft Finance Bill clauses for 2018-19. This has been updated as a result of changes to the impacts as a result of this instrument and is available on the website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-information-and-impact-notes-tiins.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/953/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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