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  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/24",
  "legislation_title": "Coinage Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coinage-act-1971",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate, so far as they are part of the law of the United Kingdom, the Coinage Acts 1870 to 1946 and certain other enactments relating to coinage, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.\n[12th May 1971]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force; transitional period referred to in s. 14(2) ends with 31. 8. 1971 by S.I. 1971/1123, art. 3."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/24/introduction",
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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."
}