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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/890",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 7th April 2009\nLaid before Parliament 14th April 2009\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 .\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of that Act in respect of matters relating to batteries and accumulators.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for certain references to Community instruments to be construed as a reference to those instruments as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)."
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      "text": "S.I. 2007/3471."
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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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