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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/university-of-manchester-act-2004/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukla/2004/4",
  "legislation_title": "University of Manchester Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/university-of-manchester-act-2004",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires—\n“the appointed day” has the meaning given by section 3 (Appointed day) of this Act;\n“the Board” means the Board of Governors of The University of Manchester;\n“the existing bodies” means The Victoria University of Manchester, the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and Project Unity or any of them as the case may be;\n“the University” means the body which may be incorporated by the name The University of Manchester pursuant to a Royal Charter as referred to in section 3 (Appointed day) of this Act.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4/section/2",
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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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