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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-development-fund-additional-subscriptions-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2404",
  "legislation_title": "The African Development Fund (Additional Subscriptions) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-development-fund-additional-subscriptions-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT\nMade 16th September 2002\nComing into force 16th September 2002\nWhereas it is provided in section 11 of the International Development Act 2002 (“the Act”) that where the Government of the United Kingdom is at the time the section comes into force, or at a later time becomes, bound to make a relevant payment to a multilateral development bank, the Secretary of State may make the relevant payment and other associated payments specified in section 11(3);\nAnd whereas “relevant payment” in relation to such a bank includes a further payment to the bank required to be made by the members under any arrangements beyond the initial subscription or other initial contribution to the capital stock of the bank;\nAnd whereas no such payment may be made unless it is approved for the purposes of the section by an order made by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury;\nAnd whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before the House of Commons in accordance with section 11(5) of the Act and has been approved by a resolution of that House;\nNow therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 11 of the Act, and with the approval of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2404/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."
}