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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998-specified-organisations-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1975",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998-specified-organisations-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prisons\nMade 22nd July 2008\nComing into force 23rd July 2008\nThe Secretary of State believes that the organisations specified in the Schedule to this Order are concerned in terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland, or in promoting or encouraging it, and that they have not established or are not maintaining a complete and unequivocal ceasefire.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.\nIn accordance with section 19(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 3(10) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (c.35) which requires the Secretary of State to review the list of specified organisations."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1975/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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