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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-legislative-powers-order-1989/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-legislative-powers-order-1989/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/153",
  "legislation_title": "The Hong Kong (Legislative Powers) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-legislative-powers-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order confers on the legislature of Hong Kong the power to repeal or amend enactments insofar as they are part of the law of Hong Kong, and to make laws having extra-territorial operation, in order to enable legislation to be enacted to give effect to international agreements which apply to Hong Kong.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/153/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:50:24.263437+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}