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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2970",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, section 8 of the Act shall come into force on 27th January 1997.\n(2) Section 8 of the Act shall not apply to employment which began before 27th January 1997.\n(3) For the purpose only of making orders under subsections (1) and (2), section 8 of the Act shall come into force on 1st December 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2970/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:26.203709+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."
}