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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/200",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008",
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  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and Commencement",
  "text": "This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 16th June 2008.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in operation at 16.6.2008, see art. 1"
    }
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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."
}