{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-designation-order-1979-revoked/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-designation-order-1979-revoked/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1704",
  "legislation_title": "The European Communities (Designation) Order 1979 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-designation-order-1979-revoked",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES\nMade 19th December 1979\nLaid before Parliament 3rd January 1980\nComing into Operation 24th January 1980\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1979\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."
}