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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/atomic-energy-act-1946/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/atomic-energy-act-1946/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/80",
  "legislation_title": "Atomic Energy Act 1946",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/atomic-energy-act-1946",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General duty of Minister of Supply.",
  "text": "It shall be the general duty of the Minister of Supply (in this Act referred to as “the Minister”) to promote and control the development of atomic energy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1. amended by Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (c. 32), s. 3(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/80/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:24:34.480773+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."
}