{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-designation-of-bodies-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/438",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-designation-of-bodies-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PUBLIC RECORDS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 27th February 2003\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2003\nComing into force 1st April 2003\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of February 2003\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHer Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by paragraph 3A of Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1958 c. 51; paragraph 3A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 5 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/438/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."
}