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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-no-2-regulations-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-no-2-regulations-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1965",
  "legislation_title": "The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-no-2-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nMade 21st July 2008\nLaid before Parliament 25th July 2008\nComing into force 1st September 2008\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973 and section 71(2) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000, makes the following Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State for Transport is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation and supervision of the qualifications and working conditions of persons engaged in road transport.\nThe Treasury has consented under section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973 in respect of regulations 5, 6(d) to (g), 10, 11(b) and 12 and Scottish Ministers have been consulted under section 71(3) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 in respect of regulation 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c. 51."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 43. Section 71 was amended by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) (section 123(1) and paragraph 161 of Schedule 4) and the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) (paragraph 75(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/1707."
    }
  ],
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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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