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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-miscellaneous-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/322",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups\nMade 14th August 2012\nLaid before Parliament 17th August 2012\nComing into operation in accordance with article 1\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 45(7), 50(6) and 51(6) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/1351 (N.I. 11)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/322/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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