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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-commencement-no-2-order-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/3044",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2011",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Postal Services\nMade 19th December 2011\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 93(3) of the Postal Services Act 2011.\nIn accordance with section 6(4) of that Act Post Office Limited was designated for the purposes of section 6(1) of that Act by The Post Office Limited (Designation) Order 2011:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2011 c.5."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2011/3001."
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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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