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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-instruments-confirmatory-powers-order-1947/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1948/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Instruments (Confirmatory Powers) Order 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-instruments-confirmatory-powers-order-1947",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "The Order subjects to the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (see the Statutory Instruments Regulations, 1947 (S.I. 1948 No. 1)):—\n(1) confirmations of subordinate legislation of a legislative and not an executive character, where the subordinate legislation is required to be laid before Parliament or the House of Commons and was not a statutory rule before the commencement of the Act; and\n(2) the confirmations set out in the Schedule.\nBy virtue of Regulation 3 of the Statutory Instruments Regulations the Order is allocated to the 1948 series of Statutory Instruments.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1948/2/note",
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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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