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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-financial-sanctions-enhanced-penalties-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/560",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Financial Sanctions (Enhanced Penalties) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-financial-sanctions-enhanced-penalties-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 10th April 2017\nLaid before Parliament 11th April 2017\nComing into force 2nd May 2017\nThe Treasury are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to restrictive measures against persons or bodies listed by an international organisation.\nThe Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 144(5) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017, make the following Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule 1, Part 1. Paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act is modified by section 144 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c.3), in relation to the exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, for the purposes of implementing, or otherwise in relation to, EU obligations created or arising by or under an EU financial sanctions Regulation, as defined by section 143 of the 2017 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2017 c.3."
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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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