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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unauthorised-deposit-of-waste-fixed-penalties-wales-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2017/1024",
  "legislation_title": "The Unauthorised Deposit of Waste (Fixed Penalties) (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unauthorised-deposit-of-waste-fixed-penalties-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection, Wales\nMade 24 October 2017\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the prevention, reduction and management of waste and make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.\nIn accordance with section 59(3) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 a draft of these Regulations was laid before and approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/1552. By virtue of section 59(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) the Welsh Ministers may exercise the power conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) in relation to any matter, or for any purpose, if they have been designated in relation to that matter or for that purpose."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 32."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/1024/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."
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