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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-picketing-order-2026/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Practice (Picketing) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-picketing-order-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day for the Code of Practice",
  "text": "(1) The revised Code of Practice on Picketing comes into effect on 5th March 2026.\n(2) In paragraph (1), “the revised Code of Practice on Picketing” means the revised Code of Practice on Picketing issued by the Secretary of State which was laid in draft before each House of Parliament on 7th January 2026.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Code of Practice on Picketing is available on the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-picketing. A copy may also be inspected by contacting the Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London SW1A 2DY."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/224/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:02.253912+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."
}