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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/213",
  "legislation_title": "The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
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  "text": "Animal Health\nMade 13th December 2018\nComing into operation 3rd January 2019\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 makes the following Regulations.\nIt is designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.\nIt has carried out the consultation required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety .\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for references to EU instruments referred to in Schedule 1 to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.",
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      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD see Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)). DARD was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) by Article 1(2) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I.))."
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      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)"
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      "text": "S.I. 1999/2027"
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      "text": "O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2017/228 (O.J. No. L 35, 10.2.2017, p. 10)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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