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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-force-act-1955-part-1-regulations-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/651",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Force Act 1955 (Part 1) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-force-act-1955-part-1-regulations-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 27th February 2007\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 2007\nComing into force 1st April 2007\nThe Defence Council make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22 and 23 of the Air Force Act 1955:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1955 c.19; the power to make regulations under section 22 was vested in the Defence Council by virtue of an amendment to section 22 by S.I. 1964/488. Section 22(2) (which provides for such regulations to be made by statutory instrument) was inserted by the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c.46), section 4(1), and came into force on 1st May 2001."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/651/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."
}