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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/351",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 13th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 21st February 1997\nComing into force\nexcept for regulation 2 1st April 1997\nregulation 2 14th March 1997\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 52(8) and 74(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
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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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