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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentaryunited-kingdom-representatives-pensions-amendment-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1291",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary(United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Amendment) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentaryunited-kingdom-representatives-pensions-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT\nMade 12th May 1997\nLaid before Parliament 13th May 1997\nComing into force 4th June 1997\nThe President of the Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) and (2) of the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 and now vested in her, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 50; (Section 3 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) substituted references to the European Parliament for references to the Assembly of the European Communities in Acts and other instruments)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Transfer of Functions (European Parliamentary Pay and Pensions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2995)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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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."
}