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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/741",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies (General Charge and Fees) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FRIENDLY SOCIETIES\nMade 10th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2(2) and (4) and 114(2) of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 and section 104(1) of the Friendly Societies Act 1974, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c. 46."
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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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