{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ballot-secrecy-act-2023/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ballot-secrecy-act-2023/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/12",
  "legislation_title": "Ballot Secrecy Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ballot-secrecy-act-2023",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Extent, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) Section 1, section 2(2) and this section extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n(2) Section 2(1) extends to Northern Ireland only.\n(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.\n(4) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may, by regulations, appoint.\n(5) Regulations under subsection (4) may appoint different days for different purposes or areas.\n(6) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.\n(7) Regulations under subsection (6) may make different provision for different purposes or areas.\n(8) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.\n(9) This Act may be cited as the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 3(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/12/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:13.658432+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."
}