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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-assessment-of-environmental-effects-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2226",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport and Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1998",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRANSPORT AND WORKS\nMade 7th September 1998\nLaid before Parliament 16th September 1998\nComing into force 7th October 1998\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/785."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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