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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zootechnical-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Zootechnical Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zootechnical-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nMade 5th December 2018\nComing into operation 26th December 2018\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2, to that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by section 1(2) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 2000/2812."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 C. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) (the 2006 Act) and by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendment ) Act 2008 (c. 7) (the 2008 Act). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act. Section 2(2) and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 are prospectively amended by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) from exit day (see section 20 of that Act)."
    }
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  "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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