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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/workplace-health-safety-and-welfare-regulations-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3004",
  "legislation_title": "The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/workplace-health-safety-and-welfare-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 1st December 1992\nLaid before Parliament 8th December 1992\nComing into force\nThe whole Regulations except regulations 5 to 27 and the Schedules, to the extent specified in regulation 1(3) 1st January 1993\nRegulations 5 to 27 and the Schedules, to the extent specified in regulation 1(3) 1st January 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a) and (5)(b), and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(2), 9 and 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to her by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively."
    }
  ],
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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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