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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-traceability-and-security-features-regulations-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/594",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-traceability-and-security-features-regulations-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Excise\nMade 18th March 2019\nLaid before Parliament 19th March 2019\nComing into force 20th May 2019\nThe Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to traceability of, and security features for, tobacco and tobacco products .\nThe Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
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      "text": "S.I. 2014/2705."
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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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