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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1941",
  "legislation_title": "The Safety of Sports Grounds Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS\nMade 16th November 1987\nLaid before Parliament 25th November 1987\nComing into force 1st January 1988\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 6(1) and (4) and 10A(1) and (2) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975(), and after such consultation as is mentioned in section 18(4) of that Act, I hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 52; section 6(1) (c) was substituted by section 22(7) of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27) and, section 10A was inserted by section 24 of that Act."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1941/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."
}