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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disabled-persons-services-consultation-and-representation-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/729",
  "legislation_title": "The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1987",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 17th April 1987 sections 16, 17 and 18 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986. The sections brought into force relate to interpretation of the Act and finance and provide for the short title, commencement and procedural requirements for regulations and orders under the Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/729/note",
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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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