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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-services-appointments-and-promotion-england-and-wales-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/481",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FIRE SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 25th February 2004\nLaid before Parliament 4th March 2004\nComing into force 25th March 2004\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 18 of the Fire Services Act 1947, after consultation with the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1947 c. 41; section 18 was amended by section 6 of the Fire Services Act 1959 (c. 44)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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