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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2019/240",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection, Northern Ireland\nMade 23 December 2019\nComing into operation- 16 January 2020\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is designated in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to the environment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3(3) or, and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7) and is prospectively repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16), section 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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": "f3",
      "text": "The Department was designated under the European Communities (Designation) Order 1996 under Article 2 and the Schedule (S.I. 2008/301)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/240/introduction",
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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."
}