{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-the-shrubbery-order-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-the-shrubbery-order-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1688",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities (The Shrubbery) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-the-shrubbery-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHARITIES\nMade 3rd July 2003\nComing into force 17th July 2003\nWhereas the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales have, in pursuance of section 17(1) of the Charities Act 1993 , settled the Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order with a view to its being given effect under that section:\nAnd whereas the Scheme does not alter any statutory provision contained in or having effect under any public general Act of Parliament:\nAnd whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament, the period of forty days mentioned in section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 has expired and neither House of Parliament has within that period resolved that the Order be not made:\nNow, therefore, in pursuance of section 17(2) of the Charities Act 1993, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1946 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1688/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."
}