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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trafficking-people-for-exploitation-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/554",
  "legislation_title": "The Trafficking People for Exploitation Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trafficking-people-for-exploitation-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Police, England And Wales\nCriminal Procedure, England And Wales\nMade 10th March 2013\nLaid before Parliament 13th March 2013\nComing into force 6th April 2013\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to criminal justice.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 2012/2752."
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
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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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