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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-1985-repealed/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-1985-repealed/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/20",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act 1985 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-1985-repealed",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Citation, etc.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Charities Act 1985; and the Act of 1960 and this Act may be cited together as the Charities Acts 1960 and 1985.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on a day appointed by the Secretary of State by order in a statutory instrument and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.\n(3) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 7(2) fully exercised: 1.1.1986 appointed by S.I. 1985/1583"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/20/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:27.556196+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."
}