{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iraq-united-nations-sanctionsamendment-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1498",
  "legislation_title": "The Iraq (United Nations Sanctions)(Amendment) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iraq-united-nations-sanctionsamendment-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "UNITED NATIONS\nMade 10th June 2004\nLaid before Parliament 22th June 2004\nComing into force 13th July 2004\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of June 2004\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas:\n(1) under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations, by a resolution adopted on 22nd May 2003, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and all other States to apply certain measures to give effect to decisions of that Council in relation to Iraq;\n(2) provision was made in the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2003 which amended the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2000 to give effect to those decisions in the United Kingdom;\n(3) the United Nations adopted a further resolution on 24th November 2003 establishing a new committee for the purposes of identifying persons for the purposes of certain provisions of the resolution adopted on 22nd May 2003;\n(4) it now appears necessary to make provision further varying the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2000, as amended by the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2003, to take account of the resolution referred to in paragraph (3) and also to improve the operation of that Order;\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/1519"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/3241"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1946 c. 45."
    }
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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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