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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-family-provision-intestate-succession-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110849980",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Provision (Intestate Succession) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-family-provision-intestate-succession-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 1(4) of the Family Provision Act 1966 on 12 November 2008; draft to lie for forty days, pursuant to section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, during which period either House of Parliament may resolve that the Order not be made.\nFamily Provision\nMade ***\nComing into force 1st February 2009\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1)(a) and (b) of the Family Provision Act 1966.\nIn accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament for forty days during which period neither House resolved that the Order not be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 35. Section 1 was amended by section 71 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110849980/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."
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