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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-2012-european-championship-control-period-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/340",
  "legislation_title": "The Football Spectators (2012 European Championship Control Period) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-2012-european-championship-control-period-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales\nMade 9th February 2012\nLaid before Parliament 14th February 2012\nComing into force 8th March 2012\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(6) and 22A(2) of the Football Spectators Act 1989.\nThe Secretary of State considers that the provision made by article 2 of this Order is expedient in order to secure the effective enforcement of Part 2 of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 37. Section 14 was substituted, together with sections 14A-14J, by section 1(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 (c. 25). Section 22A was inserted by section 1(2) of, and paragraphs 9 and 18 of Schedule 2 to, the Football (Disorder) Act 2000, and was amended by section 65 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), by section 39(2) of the Identity Cards Act 2006 (c. 15) and by section 12 of and paragraphs 3 and 5 of the Schedule to, the Identity Documents Act 2010 (c. 40)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/340/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."
}