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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-blind-and-partially-sighted-persons-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/712",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Blind and Partially Sighted Persons) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-blind-and-partially-sighted-persons-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 13 March 2003\nLaid before Parliament 17 March 2003\nComing into force 14 April 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 67(3) of, and paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 1 to, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50."
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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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