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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-no-2-order-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/193",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-no-2-order-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Customs\nMade 20th February 2017\nLaid before Parliament 23rd February 2017\nComing into force 17th March 2017\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, in relation to matters relating to trade in certain goods, including technical assistance, which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1461, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c.28"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/193/introduction",
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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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