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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1252",
  "legislation_title": "The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES\nBRITISH NATIONALITY\nMade 1st May 2002\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 8(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, hereby makes the following Order:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "2002 c. 8."
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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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