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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-game-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2148",
  "legislation_title": "The Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-game-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 15th August 1995\nLaid before Parliament 24th August 1995\nComing into force 20th September 1995\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), (2)(a) and (3), 17(1), 19(1)(b), 26, 48(1) and 49(2) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4 (1) of the Act. Section 6(4) was amended by section 31 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to, the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) and section 6(6) was added by section 76 of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 16 to, that Act."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2148/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."
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