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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-regulations-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-regulations-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3131",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Judgments\nMade 29th November 2009\nLaid before Parliament 1st December 2009\nComing into force 1st January 2010\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to private international law.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In so far as these regulations deal with matters that are within the devolved competence of Scottish Ministers, the power of the Secretary of State to make regulations in relation to those matters in or as regards Scotland is preserved by section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The European Communities (Designation)(No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1792)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3131/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."
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