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  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/26",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-homosexual-conduct-act-2017",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to repeal sections 146(4) and 147(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.\n[27th April 2017]\nBe it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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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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