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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-act-1982-repealed-14101991/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/20",
  "legislation_title": "Children’s Homes Act 1982 (repealed 14.10.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-act-1982-repealed-14101991",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Children’s Homes Act 1982.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by an order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be appointed for, or for different purposes of, different provisions of this Act.\n(3) This Act extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 16(2) not exercised"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/20/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:15.867691+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."
}