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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-conventions-polish-peoples-republic-order-1971/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/1238",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Conventions (Polish People's Republic) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-conventions-polish-peoples-republic-order-1971",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES\nMade 28th July 1971\nLaid before Parliament 3rd August 1971\nComing into Operation 13th August 1971\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of July 1971\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas by section 6(1) of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) it is enacted that Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that sections 1 and 2 of the Act (which provide for the exercise by consular officers of certain powers in relation to the property of deceased persons) shall apply to any foreign State specified in the Order, being a State with which a Consular Convention providing for matters for which provision is made by those sections has been concluded by Her Majesty:\nAnd whereas such a Consular Convention between Her Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic was signed at London on 23rd February 1967 and will enter into force on 13th August 1971:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd. 3307."
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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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