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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982-overseas-territories-order-1982/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1540",
  "legislation_title": "The Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982-overseas-territories-order-1982",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order extends sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982, subject to exceptions, adaptations and modifications, to the Territories specified in Schedule 2 hereto, and sections 1 and 2 to the Territories specified in Schedule 3 hereto.\nThe purpose of the Act is to give effect to the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages opened for signature at New York on 18 December 1979.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1540/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:12:43.039360+00:00"
  },
  "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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