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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-citizenship-designated-service-order-2006/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1390",
  "legislation_title": "The British Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 2006",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The descriptions of service specified in Schedule 2, which the Secretary of State considers to be closely associated with the activities outside the United Kingdom and the qualifying territories of Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom or in a qualifying territory, are designated for the purposes of section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (acquisition of British citizenship by persons born outside the United Kingdom and the qualifying terrtories).",
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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."
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