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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1996-commencement-no-2-order-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/304",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1996-commencement-no-2-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to article 3 of this Order, the following provisions of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (“the Act”) shall come into force on 1st April 1997—\nsection 5 and Schedule 1;\nsections 9 and 10 and Schedule 3;\nsections 15 to 17 and Schedule 5;\nsections 28 and 29;\nsection 35 so far as is necessary to bring into force Schedules 6 and 7 to the extent specified below;\nin Schedule 6, paragraphs 4, 7 to 9, 14 and 15;\nin Schedule 7, Parts I and II, and Part III so far as it relates to the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/304/article/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."
}