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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-trust-funds-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2422",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Trust Funds Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-trust-funds-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of certain provisions of the Act",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st January 2005 for the purposes mentioned in relation to each provision:\nProvision\nPurposes\nSection 1(3) of the Act\nAll purposes\nSection 3(1) and (3) of the Act\nAll purposes (save that an account may only be a child trust fund from the appointed day)\nSection 3(2), (4) to (9) and (12) of the Act\nTo allow accounts to be opened, and contracts with an account provider for their management to be signed, save that the account is only to be:\n(a) a child trust fund, or\n(b) subscribed to and operated,\nfrom the appointed day.\nSection 5(1) and (2) of the Act\nTo ensure an orderly introduction of accounts, by issuing some vouchers before the appointed day.\nSection 5(3) to (5) of the Act\nWhere a voucher has been issued before the appointed day under section 5(1) of the Act, to allow accounts to be opened, save that the account is only to be:\n(a) a child trust fund, or\n(b) subscribed to and operated,\nfrom that day.\nSection 15(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the Act\nSo far as those provisions relate to the persons referred to in section 15(2)(a) of the Act\nSection 17 of the Act\nAll purposes\nSection 18 of the Act\nAll purposes\nSection 20(1) (except paragraphs (b) and (c)), (2) to (6), (7) (except paragraph (c)), (8) and (9) of the Act\nAll purposes (except for the purposes of sections 6, 7, 9, 10 or 13 of the Act)\nSection 21 of the Act\nFor the purposes of the provisions of section 20 of the Act which are commenced by this Order\nSection 22(1) and (6) of the Act\nAll purposes\nSection 23(1) to (3) of the Act\nFor the purposes of section 22(1) and (6) of the Act\nSection 24(1) (except paragraph (c)), (2) and (3) of the Act\nFor the purposes of section 22(1) and (6) of the Act\nSection 24(5) to (7) of the Act\nAll purposes",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2422/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:18:26.094740+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."
}