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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/26",
  "legislation_title": "Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/christmas-day-trading-act-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to prohibit the opening of large shops on Christmas Day and to restrict the loading or unloading of goods at such shops on Christmas Day.\n[28th October 2004]\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/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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