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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/836",
  "legislation_title": "The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Defence\nMade 11th July 2018\nComing into force 12th July 2018\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of July 2018\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nIt appears to Her Majesty that, having regard to the arrangements for defence co-operation to which the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia are parties, the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (“the 1952 Act”) following section 1 should have effect in relation to Saudi Arabia:\nAccordingly, Her Majesty, on the advice of Her Privy Council and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 1(2) and 15(2) of the 1952 Act, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 67; section 1(2) was amended by section 33 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/836/introduction",
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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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