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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2011/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2011/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2011/971",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WALES\nMade 28 March 2011\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 28 March 2011\nComing into force 29 March 2011\nThe Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the prevention, reduction and management of waste.\nThe Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/1552."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Where the Welsh Ministers have been designated in relation to a matter or purpose, they may then exercise the powers conferred by section 2(2) in relation to that matter or purpose; see section 59(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/971/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:50:49.245765+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}