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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-secrets-act-1989-prescription-amendment-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1918",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) (Amendment) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-secrets-act-1989-prescription-amendment-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "OFFICIAL SECRETS\nMade 21st July 2003\nComing into force 21st August 2003\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7(5), 8(9) and 12(1)(f) of the Official Secrets Act 1989, having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 13(1), hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 6."
    }
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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."
}