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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/17-18/67",
  "legislation_title": "Defence Act 1854",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-act-1854",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to facilitate the purchase of common, commonable, and other rights by the principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance.\n[31st July 1854]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Short title “The Defence Act 1854” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act applied with modifications by Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 (c. 43), ss. 32, 33, Sch., Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c. 30), s. 13, Sch. 2 para. 13 and S.I. 1965/1536"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Functions of H.M. Ordnance now exercisable by Secretary of State for Defence: Ordnance Board Transfer Act 1855 (c. 117) and S.I. 1964/488"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Defence Act 1842 (c. 94) cited or referred to by its short title under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Power to apply Act with modifications conferred by Supply Powers Act 1975 (c. 9, SIF 57), s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I"
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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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