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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/industrial-and-provident-societies-forms-and-procedure-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3121",
  "legislation_title": "The Industrial and Provident Societies (Forms and Procedure) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/industrial-and-provident-societies-forms-and-procedure-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES\nMade 11th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1996\nComing into force 1st January 1997\nThe Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 2(3), 10(3), and 71(1) of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, sections 1(2),(3) and (4), 4(1) and (3), 5(1) and 7 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967, sections 24(3) and 47(5) of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c. 12: See section 74 for the definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 48: section 7(1) applies the definition of “prescribed” in section 74 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1982 c. 50."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}