{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-museum-purchase-of-land-act-1894/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-museum-purchase-of-land-act-1894/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/57-58/34",
  "legislation_title": "British Museum (Purchase of Land) Act 1894",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-museum-purchase-of-land-act-1894",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for the purchase of certain Lands belonging to the Duke of Bedford by the Trustees of the British Museum.\n[17th August 1894]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Preamble (which recites agreement for purchase by Trustees of British Museum of lands and buildings in immediate vicinity of British Museum) omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at Royal Assent."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/57-58/34/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:30:30.099770+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."
}