{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-in-relation-to-the-welfare-food-scheme-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1670",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Welfare Food Scheme) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-in-relation-to-the-welfare-food-scheme-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTRACTING OUT\nMade 27th June 1996\nComing into force 28th June 1996\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament under section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994,\nNow therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69 of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 40."
    }
  ],
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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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