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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-regulated-activity-devolution-alignment-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/30",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Regulated Activity, Devolution Alignment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-regulated-activity-devolution-alignment-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups\nMade 9th February 2010\nComing into operation 1st April 2010\nTo be laid before Parliament\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 9(3), 25(12), 56(1) and (2), 61(1)(a), (2)(a) and (c) and (3) of 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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/30/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."
}