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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1849",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-commencement-no-1-order-1985",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into force on 1st April 1986 for the whole of England and Wales the provisions of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 specified in Schedule 1 to the Order and for those counties mentioned in Article 4 the provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 2 to the Order.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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