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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2085",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Postal Services\nMade 24th August 2011\nLaid before Parliament 25th August 2011\nComing into force 1st October 2011\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to postal services.\nThe Secretary of State makes paragraph 40 in Schedule 1 in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act and makes all other provisions in this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 91(3) of the Postal Services Act 2011 .",
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      "text": "S.I. 1998/1750."
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      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 1006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
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      "text": "2011 c.5."
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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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