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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-marines-terms-of-service-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1395",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Marines Terms of Service Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-marines-terms-of-service-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 27th July 1988\nComing into force 1st September 1988\nWhereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament and a period of 40 days beginning with the day of laying has expired and neither House of Parliament has resolved that the Regulations be not made;\nNow, therefore, the Defence Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 45; section 2(1)(f) was amended by the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), section 2."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1395/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."
}