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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/476",
  "legislation_title": "Consular Fees Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DIPLOMATIC SERVICE\nMade 16th March 1981\nComing into Operation 11th May 1981\nHer Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(3) of the Consular Fees Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes, with the approval of the Treasury, the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/476/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."
}