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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-british-museum-natural-history-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1836",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Functions (British Museum (Natural History)) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-british-museum-natural-history-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order transfers to the Lord President of the Council the power under section 8(2)(b) of the British Museum Act 1963 to appoint one of the Natural History Trustees, and the power under section 10(2) to amend Part II of Schedule 3 to that Act, presently exercised by the Secretary of State. The buildings for the time being described in Part II of that Schedule are the authorised repositories for the collections of the British Museum (Natural History).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1836/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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