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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017-commencement-no-4-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1054",
  "legislation_title": "The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017-commencement-no-4-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are the fourth commencement Regulations made under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29).\nThe commencement of section 109(1) (except paragraphs (e) and (g)) causes each of the listed research councils except the Medical Research Council and the Science and Technology Facilities Council to cease to exist.\nThe commencement of section 109(2) causes the Royal Charters (and any supplemental Royal Charter) of each of the research councils listed at section 109(1) (except the Medical Research Council and the Science and Technology Facilities Council) to be revoked.\nMinor and consequential provisions in Schedule 12 are also commenced.\nThese provisions are commenced on 31st October 2018.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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