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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Weights And Measures\nMade 22nd September 2011\nComing into operation 1st November 2011\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (“the Department”) makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13(1) of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and now vested in it and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 .\nThe Department is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation, labelling and control of packages and products made up to a pre-determined constant nominal quantity.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly known as the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/231 (NI 10) as amended by 2000 c. 5 (N.I)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "By S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/2766"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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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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