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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/916",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DANGEROUS DRUGS\nMade 24th May 1988\nLaid before Parliament 1st June 1988\nComing into force 13th July 1988\nIn pursuance of sections 7, 10 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, I hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 38."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/916/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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