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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-designation-no-3-order-1996-revoked/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3155",
  "legislation_title": "The European Communities (Designation) ( No. 3) Order 1996 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-designation-no-3-order-1996-revoked",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES\nMade 19th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 7th January 1997\nComing into force 28th January 1997\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1996\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (31.12.2020) by The European Communities (Designation Orders) (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1011), reg. 1, Sch.; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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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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