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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-irish-constabulary-lump-sum-payments-to-widows-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-irish-constabulary-lump-sum-payments-to-widows-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1461",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Irish Constabulary (Lump Sum Payments to Widows) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-irish-constabulary-lump-sum-payments-to-widows-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSTABULARY, IRELAND\nMade 10th August 1987\nLaid before Parliament 21st August 1987\nComing into force 7th December 1987\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 of the Royal Irish Constabulary (Widows' Pensions) Act 1954, I hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations, which provide for payments corresponding to payments under section 1(1) of the Pensioners' Payments and Social Security Act 1979 as that Act has effect by virtue of the Pensioners' Lump Sum Payments Order 1987:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Formerly the Minister for the Civil Service: see S.I. 1981/1670."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1979 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1305."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1461/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."
}