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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-commencement-no-6-saving-and-commencement-nos-3-and-5-amendment-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Saving and Commencement Nos. 3 and 5 (Amendment)) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-commencement-no-6-saving-and-commencement-nos-3-and-5-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Coming into force",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this Order come into force as follows.\n(2) Article 3 and Schedule 1 come into force on 1st April 2008.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), articles 4 and 5 and Schedules 2 and 3 come into force on 6th April 2008.\n(4) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 comes into force on 1st October 2008.\n(5) Article 6 comes into force—\n(a) on 1st April 2008 so far as relating to provisions coming into force on that date;\n(b) on 6th April 2008 so far as relating to provisions coming into force on that date;\n(c) on 1st October 2008 so far as relating to provisions coming into force on that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/674/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:06.503232+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."
}