{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-act-1967/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-act-1967/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/87",
  "legislation_title": "Abortion Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-act-1967",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Abortion Act 1967.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on the expiration of the period of six months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/87/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:49.890700+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}