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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3143",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (Commencement No.1) Order 2009",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 2 of this order brings into force, on 1 December 2009, Section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, which relate to changes of terminology. The effect of this is to update references to European Union terminology in other legislation to reflect changes made by the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty Establishing the European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community. This order brings into force the changes of terminology provided by section 3 and the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, including removing references to the Community Treaties and substituting the EU Treaties.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "European Communities No.13 (2007), Cm 7294."
    }
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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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