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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-provision-intestate-succession-order-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/799",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Provision (Intestate Succession) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-provision-intestate-succession-order-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY PROVISION\nMade 1st May 1987\nComing into force 1st June 1987\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and a period of forty days beginning with the day of laying has expired:\nNow therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1)(a) and (b) of the Family Provision Act 1966, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 35."
    }
  ],
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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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