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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-distribution-of-business-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3418",
  "legislation_title": "The High Court (Distribution of Business) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-distribution-of-business-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 30th December 2004\nLaid before Parliament 31st December 2004\nComing into force 21st January 2005\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 61(3)(a) and (c) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 51; paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 68(1) of and paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55), section 5 of the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16), section 33(4) of and Schedule 4 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), sections 92(11) and 108(5) of, paragraph 9 of Schedule 11 to and paragraph 45(3) of Schedule 13 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), section 66(1) of and paragraph 51 of Schedule 8 to the Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27), section 84(1) of and paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), article 3 of and the Schedule to S.I. 1991/1210 and article 3 of S.I. 1993/622."
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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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