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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-provision-intestate-succession-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Provision (Intestate Succession) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-provision-intestate-succession-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Provision\nMade 28th January 2009\nComing into force 1st February 2009\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1)(a) and (b) of the Family Provision Act 1966.\nIn accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament for forty days during which period neither House resolved that the Order not be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 35. Section 1 was amended by section 71 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/135/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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