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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-citizenship-designated-service-amendment-order-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/611",
  "legislation_title": "The British Citizenship (Designated Service) (Amendment) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-citizenship-designated-service-amendment-order-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BRITISH NATIONALITY\nMade 31st March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 9th April 1987\nComing into force 30th April 1987\nWhereas I consider service under the Agricultural and Food Research Council and service on secondment from the Medical Research Council, the Science and Engineering Research Council, the Natural Environment Research Council and the Agricultural and Food Research Council to be closely associated with the activities outside the United Kingdom of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 2(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981, I hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 61."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}