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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80470</law_id><section_number>2.2-4016</section_number><catch_line>Withdrawal of regulation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="40">Administrative Process Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Regulations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any <span class="dictionary">agency</span> from withdrawing any <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> at any time prior to the effective date of that <span class="dictionary">regulation</span>. A <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> may be repealed after its effective date only in accordance with the provisions of this chapter that govern the adoption of <span class="dictionary">regulations</span>.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 5, &#xA7; 9-6.14:9.4; 1985, c. 602; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
