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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-designation-order-1997-revoked/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1174",
  "legislation_title": "The European Communities (Designation) Order 1997 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-designation-order-1997-revoked",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES\nMade 8th April 1997\nLaid before Parliament 14th May 1997\nComing into force 4th June 1997\nAt the Court at Windsor Castle, the 8th day of April 1997\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."
}