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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1578",
  "legislation_title": "Health Professions Order 2001 (Legal Assessors) Order of Council 2003",
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  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Professions Order 2001 (Legal Assessors) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 9th July 2003.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Order” means the Health Professions Order 2001;\n“Committee”, except in the title of a Committee, means one of the Committees mentioned in article 2 of this Order.",
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