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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986-disqualification-from-parliament-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1544",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Act 1986 (Disqualification from Parliament) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986-disqualification-from-parliament-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Parliament\nInsolvency\nMade 13th June 2012\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nIt appears to the Secretary of State that the system of bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings operating in Northern Ireland under Schedule 2A to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 is equivalent to the system operating in England and Wales under Schedule 4A to the Insolvency Act 1986.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 266(3) of the Enterprise Act 2002.\nIn accordance with section 266(5) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19); Schedule 2A was inserted by article 13 of S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 45; Schedule 4A was inserted by section 257 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c. 40."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1544/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."
}