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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-399/annex-VII/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/399",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (codification)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-399",
  "path": "annex/VII/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Heads of State",
  "text": "By way of derogation from Article 6 and Articles 8 to 14, Heads of State and the members of their delegation, whose arrival and departure have been officially announced through diplomatic channels to the border guards, may not be subject to border checks.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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