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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-restrictions-iran-order-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2775",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-restrictions-iran-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prevention Of Nuclear Proliferation\nTerrorist Financing And Money Laundering\nApproved by ParliamentMade at 11.15 a.m. on 21st November 2011\nLaid before Parliament at 2.00 p.m. on 21st November 2011\nComing into force at 3.00 p.m. on 21st November 2011\nThe Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1, 3, 9, 13 and 14 of Schedule 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008.\nThe Financial Action Task Force has advised that measures should be taken in relation to Iran because of the risk of terrorist financing or money laundering activities being carried on in the country.\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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c.28. Paragraph 9 was amended by sections 48(2) and 49 of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (c.38)."
    }
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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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