{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1996-commencement-no-1-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1996-commencement-no-1-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2474",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1996-commencement-no-1-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 25th September 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 36(2) and (5) of the Armed Forces Act 1996, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2474/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:34:53.973421+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."
}