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  "legislation_title": "Childcare Act 2016",
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  "text": "An Act to make provision about free childcare for young children of working parents and about the publication of information about childcare and related matters by local authorities in England.\n[16th March 2016]\nBe it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
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