{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-assay-office-amendment-order-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2135",
  "legislation_title": "The Edinburgh Assay Office (Amendment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-assay-office-amendment-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HALLMARK\nMade 25th August 1993\nComing into force 16th September 1993\nWhereas—\n(a) the Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh have made an application for an Order under section 16(1)(c) of the Hallmarking Act 1973 and the requirements of paragraphs 1 to 5 of Schedule 6 to that Act have been complied with in relation to the application;\n(b) the Secretary of State, pursuant to paragraph 6 of that Schedule, proposes to make an Order in the terms applied for; and\n(c) no objection has been received by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 7 of that Schedule to an Order in those terms:\nNow therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 16(1)(c) and (3) of the Hallmarking Act 1973 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 43."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}