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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-act-2004-commencement-england-and-scotland-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2304",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Commencement) (England and Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-act-2004-commencement-england-and-scotland-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES, ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND\nMade 6th September 2004\nThe First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 60 and 61 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 21. The powers of the Secretary of State under sections 60 and 61 are, in relation to Wales, vested in the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of section 62 of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2304/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."
}