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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-general-statutory-duty-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2470",
  "legislation_title": "The Race Relations Act 1976 (General Statutory Duty) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-general-statutory-duty-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RACE RELATIONS\nMade 11th September 2006\nLaid before Parliament 12th September 2006\nComing into force 3rd October 2006\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 71(5) of the Race Relations Act 1976, considering that the exercise of the power relates to persons who exercise functions of a public nature, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c.74. Section 71 was substituted by section 2 of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (c.34)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2470/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."
}