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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exempt-charities-order-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exempt-charities-order-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/453",
  "legislation_title": "The Exempt Charities Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exempt-charities-order-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHARITIES\nMade 21st March 1978\nComing into Operation 1st May 1978\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of March 1978\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHer Majesty, in pursuance of paragraph (c) of Schedule 2 to the Charities Act 1960, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/453/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:37:29.468677+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}