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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/22",
  "legislation_title": "National Lottery Act 1998",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“the appointed day” means the day on which subsection (4) of the principal section comes into force under section 27(3) of this Act;\n“the Commission” means the National Lottery Commission;\n“the Director General” means the Director General of the National Lottery;\n“instrument” includes orders, rules, regulations, schemes, licences, agreements and other documents;\n“the principal section” means section 1 of this Act.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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