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  "legislation_title": "Parliament (Joint Departments) Act 2007",
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  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“change” in any paragraph means the change in allocation of functions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of the paragraph;\n“employed” means employed under a contract of employment;\n“House authority”—\n(a)in relation to the House of Commons, means the House of Commons Commission;\n(b)in relation to the House of Lords, means the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;\n“House department” means a department of either House of Parliament.\n(2) This Schedule, as it applies in relation to a department of the House of Commons, also applies in relation to an office or post in that House (and not in a department) in which a person is, or is to be, employed in or for the purposes of that House.",
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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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