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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-prescribed-criteria-foreign-offences-order-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/21",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria) (Foreign Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups\nMade 22nd January 2009\nComing into operation 27th February 2009\nTo be laid before Parliament\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 61(1), (2)(a) and (3) of 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 No. 1351 (N.I. 11)."
    }
  ],
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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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