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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003-commencement-no1-wales-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003-commencement-no1-wales-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2004/999",
  "legislation_title": "The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No.1) (Wales) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003-commencement-no1-wales-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 31 March 2004",
  "text": "The following provisions of Part 6 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 come into force on 31st March 2004 in relation to Wales —\n(a) section 40 (closure of noisy premises);\n(b) section 41 (closure of noisy premises: supplemental);\n(c) section 42 (dealing with noise at night);\n(d) section 43 (penalty notices for graffiti and fly-posting);\n(e) section 44 (meaning of relevant offence);\n(f) section 45 (penalty receipts);\n(g) section 47 (interpretation etc.);\n(h) section 48 (graffiti removal notices);\n(i) section 49 (recovery of expenditure);\n(j) section 50 (guidance);\n(k) section 51 (appeals);\n(l) section 52 (exemption from liability in relation to graffiti removal notices);\n(m) section 55 (unlawfully deposited waste etc.); and\n(n) section 56 (extension of litter authority powers to take remedial action).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/999/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:54.430965+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}