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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2006-commencement-no-4-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2008/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/945",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "Subject to articles 10 and 11, the day appointed for the commencement of the provisions of the 2006 Act specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 is 1st April 2009 except—\n(a) where a particular purpose is specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in relation to any such provision, the relevant provision comes into force on that date for that particular purpose only;\n(b) where any other limitation is specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in relation to any such provision, the relevant provision comes into force on that date subject to the specified limitation.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/841",
      "affecting_title": "The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2009"
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  "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."
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