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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/47",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006",
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  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Secretary of State may by order amend this Schedule.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 2 substituted (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 72(5), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(i)"
    },
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 2 in force at 19.5.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/1320, art. 5(s)"
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      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2231",
      "affecting_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving) Order 2012"
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      "affecting_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving) Order 2012"
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