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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-official-searches-rules-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/629",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-official-searches-rules-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 23rd March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 12th April 1988\nComing into force 16th May 1988\nThe Lord Chancellor, with the advice and assistance of the Rule Committee appointed in pursuance of section 144 of the Land Registration Act 1925, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, hereby makes the following rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1925 c. 21."
    }
  ],
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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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