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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-act-1958/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation_title": "Public Records Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-act-1958",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The records of the Chancery of England , other than any which are Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of Wales Act 2006), shall be public records for the purposes of this Act.",
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 5 inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(4) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 5 substituted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) , s. 160(1), {Sch. 10 para. 7(b)}, the amending provision coming into force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act."
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      "affecting_title": "Government of Wales Act 1998"
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      "affecting_title": "Trade Act 2021"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:46.811020+00:00"
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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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