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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986-commencement-no-1-order-1986/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1560",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Societies Act 1986 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986-commencement-no-1-order-1986",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Building Societies Act 1986;\n“the 1874 Act” means the Building Societies Act 1874;\n“the 1894 Act” means the Building Societies Act 1894;\n“the 1960 Act” means the Building Societies Act 1960;\n“the 1962 Act” means the Building Societies Act 1962;\n“the 1967 Act” means the Building Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1560/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:41:39.111222+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."
}