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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 55 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67714,"section_number":"30-150","catch_line":"Authority for minor changes to the Virginia Administrative Code","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-150\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":176741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54392,"identifier":"2.2-4004","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/1\/2.2-4004","url":"\/2.2-4004\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4004\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/1\/2.2-4004","dublin_core":{"Title":"Severability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4004","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> adopted under this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances that are held invalid shall not affect the validity of other <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span>, provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications. 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The provisions of all\nregulations are severable unless (i) the regulation specifically provides that\nits provisions are not severable or (ii) it is apparent that two or more\nregulations or provisions must operate in accord with one another.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 55, \u00a7 9-6.14:5.1; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}