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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-treasury-and-lord-advocate-order-1981/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Treasury and Lord Advocate) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-treasury-and-lord-advocate-order-1981",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment and Adaptation of Enactments and Instruments",
  "text": "Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into operation of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of the foregoing provision of this Order, as if for any reference to “the Treasury” or “the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer” (including any reference which is to be construed as such a reference) there were substituted a reference to the Lord Advocate.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/239/article/3",
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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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