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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-prescribed-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/40",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-prescribed-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups\nMade 6th February 2009\nComing into operation 13th March 2009\nTo be laid before Parliament\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 37(1)(a) and (b), 38(1), (2) and (3), 39(2), 41(1) and (5), 42(2), 43(1) and (5), 44(2), 47(1) and (5), 48(1) and (2) and 61(1) of, and paragraphs 19(1)(b) and 21 of Schedule 1 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/1351 (N.I.11).See Article 2(1) for definition of “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/40/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."
}