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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/research-councils-transfer-of-property-etc-order-1994/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/611",
  "legislation_title": "The Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/research-councils-transfer-of-property-etc-order-1994",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“AFRC” means the Agricultural and Food Research Council;\n“BBSRC” means the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council;\n“SERC” means the Science and Engineering Research Council;\n“EPSRC” means the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;\n“PPARC” means the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council;\n“NERC” means the Natural Environment Research Council;\n“ESRC” means the Economic and Social Research Council;\n“Polaris House Site” means the land and buildings situate at North Star Avenue, Swindon in the County of Wiltshire;\n“PPARC team” means those persons currently employed by the SERC and designated on or before 31st March 1994 for assignment to the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council;\n“BBSRC team” means those persons currently employed by the SERC and designated on or before 31st March 1994 for assignment to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council;\n“NERC team” means those persons currently employed by the SERC and designated on or before 31st March 1994 for assignment to the Natural Environment Research Council;\n“the Royal Observatories” means the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh;\n“the final working balance” means the balance at 31st March 1994 as shown in the audited accounts of the SERC.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/611/article/2",
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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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