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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/284",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Exiting The European Union\nEnvironmental Protection\nMade 26th November 2020\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11 and 22 of, and paragraph 1 of Part 1 and paragraph 11M of Part 1C of Schedule 2 and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.",
  "extent": null,
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "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 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). The Department of the Environment was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016, its functions for the purpose of these Regulations were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2018 c.16; paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 was amended by paragraph 53(2)(b) of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)."
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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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