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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1851",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines Act 1968 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968-commencement-no-4-order-1973",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 77 of the Medicines Act 1968 (hereafter in this order referred to as “the Act”) shall be 1st January 1974.",
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  "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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