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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 1997",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 8 January 1997\nLaid before Parliament 9th January 1997\nComing into force 1st February 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 39(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:—",
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      "text": "1994 c. 33."
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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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