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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-heritage-scheme-order-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-heritage-scheme-order-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/39",
  "legislation_title": "The Railway Heritage Scheme Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-heritage-scheme-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRANSPORT\nMade 10th January 1997\nLaid before Parliament 23rd January 1997\nComing into force 12th February 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Railway Heritage Act 1996 (“the Act”), and after consultation with the British Railways Board and such other persons as the Secretary of State considered appropriate in accordance with section 2(3) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 42."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/39/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."
}