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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-act-1972-repealed/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/68",
  "legislation_title": "European Communities Act 1972 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-act-1972-repealed",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (31.1.2020 at 11.00 p.m. subject to savings for implementation period (which ended on 31.12.2020 at 11 p.m.) in ss. 1A, 1B of the repealing Act) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), ss. 1, 25(4) (with savings relating to retention of existing EU law in ss. 2-7, Sch. 1, Sch. 8 para. 37 and with provisions relating to further aspects of withdrawal in ss. 7A-7C) (as amended by European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), ss. 1, 2, 5, 6, 25, 26, 36(c), 42(7), Sch. 5 para. 55; S.I. 2020/75, reg. 4; S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 5); S.I. 2019/1198, reg. 2Act continued in part (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Transitional) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1449), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(a); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.Act continued in part (31.12.2020) by The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (Commencement, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1622), reg. 6"
    }
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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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