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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-short-term-holding-facilities-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2538",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Short-term Holding Facilities) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-short-term-holding-facilities-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "IMMIGRATION\nMade 8th October 2002\nLaid before Parliament 11th October 2002\nComing into force 4th November 2002\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 157(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 33."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2538/introduction",
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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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