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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-commencement-no-5-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/740",
  "legislation_title": "The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-commencement-no-5-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Modern Slavery\nMade 11th July 2016\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, makes the following Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 61(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers, so far as the provisions brought into force by these Regulations extend to Scotland, and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, so far as the provisions brought into force by these Regulations extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c. 30."
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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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