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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-specified-proceedings-amendment-order-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/562",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-specified-proceedings-amendment-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law, England And Wales\nMade at 10.30 a.m. on 2nd June 2020\nLaid before Parliament at 5.00 p.m. on 2nd June 2020\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Attorney General makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 23. See definition of “specified proceedings” in subsection (3). There are amendments to section 3 but none are relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/562/introduction",
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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."
}