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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-citizenship-designated-service-amendment-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/28",
  "legislation_title": "The British Citizenship (Designated Service) (Amendment) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-citizenship-designated-service-amendment-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BRITISH NATIONALITY\nMade 9th January 1990\nLaid before Parliament 18th January 1990\nComing into force 16th February 1990\nWhereas I consider service under the European Patent Office 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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 61."
    }
  ],
  "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."
}