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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-identity-cards-act-2006-application-and-issue-of-id-card-and-notification-of-changes-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111480427",
  "legislation_title": "The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under sections 5(7), 6(9) and 10(6) of the Identity Cards Act 2006, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nIdentity Cards\nMade ***\nComing into force in accordance with Regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1), 5(3), 6(2)(b), 6(3)(c), 6(5), 6(6)(b), 6(7), 6(8)(a) and (c), 8(3), 10(1), 10(2), 11(1), 40(4), 42(1) and 42(10) of the Identity Cards Act 2006, makes the following Regulations.\nIn accordance with sections 5(7), 6(9) and 10(6) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 42(1) defines “prescribed”"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 c.15."
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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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