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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-rights-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation_title": "Human Rights Act 1998",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) A remedial order may—\n(a) contain such incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision as the person making it considers appropriate;\n(b) be made so as to have effect from a date earlier than that on which it is made;\n(c) make provision for the delegation of specific functions;\n(d) make different provision for different cases.\n(2) The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1)(a) includes—\n(a) power to amend primary legislation (including primary legislation other than that which contains the incompatible provision); and\n(b) power to amend or revoke subordinate legislation (including subordinate legislation other than that which contains the incompatible provision).\n(3) A remedial order may be made so as to have the same extent as the legislation which it affects.\n(4) No person is to be guilty of an offence solely as a result of the retrospective effect of a remedial order.",
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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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