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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1968",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 1st December 2015\nLaid before Parliament 3rd December 2015\nComing into force 25th December 2015\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in respect of matters relating to the prevention and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment.\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/706."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Under section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under Union law in respect of devolved matters, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to implementing those obligations continues to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland."
    }
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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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