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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operatives-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2003-commencement-no-1-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2678",
  "legislation_title": "The Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operatives-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2003-commencement-no-1-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings sections 4 to 6 of the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 into force on 20th October 2003, and sections 2 and 3 of that Act into force on 1st April 2004. Section 4 of that Act (purported contracts, deeds and obligations) will only apply to contracts and deeds made, and obligations undertaken, on or after 20th October 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2678/note",
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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."
}