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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pensions-and-compensation-act-2004/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/32",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pensions-and-compensation-act-2004",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The preceding provisions of this Act are to come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 power wholly exercised: 21.1.2005 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2005/116}, art. 2; different dates appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2005/356}, art. 2; different dates appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2005/3107, arts. 2, 3}"
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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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