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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-restrictions-iran-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2725",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-restrictions-iran-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prevention Of Nuclear Proliferation\nTerrorist Financing And Money Laundering\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 9th October 2009\nLaid before Parliament at 10.00 a.m. on 12th October 2009\nComing into force at10.30 a.m. on 12th October 2009\nThe Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 3, 9, 13 and 14 of Schedule 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008.\nThe Treasury believe that activity in Iran that facilitates the development or production of nuclear weapons poses a significant risk to the national interests of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c.28."
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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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