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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-prescribed-purposes-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1239",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Purposes) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-prescribed-purposes-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nCHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 25th November 2025\nLaid before Parliament 27th November 2025\nComing into force 18th December 2025\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50A(1)(d), 60(1) and 61(1) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 47. Section 50A was inserted by section 88 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) and amended by paragraph 65(4) of Schedule 9 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) and by S.I. 2012/3006. Subsection (1)(c) and (d) was inserted by section 77(3) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Subsection (3) was inserted by S.I. 2010/1154, amended by paragraph 65(3) of Schedule 9 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and S.I. 2025/365. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant. Section 60(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1239/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."
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