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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-acts-amendment-act-1873/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/36-37/72",
  "legislation_title": "Defence Acts Amendment Act 1873",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-acts-amendment-act-1873",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act for the amendment of the Defence Acts, 1842 and 1860.\n[5th August 1873]\nWhereas the power vested in Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the War Department of selling lands purchased by him under the Defence Acts, 1842 and 1860, or one of such Acts, might be exercised beneficially to the public service if certain of such lands could be sold with a condition thereto attached to the effect that they should for ever be kept free from buildings and other obstructions:",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act applied with modifications by Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 (c. 43), s. 32, Sch., Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c. 30), s. 13, Sch. 2 para. 13 and S.I. 1965/1536"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "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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