{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1994-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-order-1994/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1994-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-order-1994/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2552",
  "legislation_title": "The Coal Industry Act 1994 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1994-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-order-1994",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Coal Industry Act 1994 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 31st October 1994.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Coal Industry Act 1994; and\n“the 1946 Act” means the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1946 c. 59."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2552/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:25:21.911564+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."
}