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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislative-reform-church-of-england-pensions-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/554",
  "legislation_title": "The Legislative Reform (Church of England Pensions) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislative-reform-church-of-england-pensions-order-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Ecclesiastical Law, England\nMade 4th May 2021\nLaid before Parliament 13th May 2021\nComing into force in accordance with articles 1(2) and (3)\nThe Archbishops’ Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 9 of the Legislative Reform Measure 2018 and in accordance with paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 to the National Institutions Measure 1998 and section 11(6) and (7) of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018, makes the following Order.\nThe Archbishops’ Council considers that the conditions in section 2 of that Measure are (so far as relevant) satisfied.\nThe Archbishops’ Council consulted in accordance with section 4 of that Measure and laid a draft Order and explanatory document before the General Synod in accordance with section 5 of that Measure.\nIn accordance with section 7 of that Measure, the draft Order has been approved by the General Synod.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2018 No. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 No. 1. Paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 11(4) of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2018 No. 7."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/554/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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