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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-order-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111147504",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 141(11E) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nCriminal Law, England And Wales\nMade ***\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 141(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.\nIn accordance with section 141(11E) of that Act, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 141(11E) is inserted in relation to England and Wales by section 43(4) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147504/introduction",
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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."
}