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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-metropolitan-police-and-civil-staffs-pensions-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1736",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Metropolitan Police and Civil Staffs Pensions) Order 1997",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTRACTING OUT\nMade 19th July 1997\nComing into force 20th July 1997\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by 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 on him by section 69 of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 40."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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