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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974-commencement-no-3-order-1977/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1977/802",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974-commencement-no-3-order-1977",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into operation certain provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 by appointing days for the purposes of Schedule 3 to that Act (which contains transitional and commencement provisions).\nThe appointed days (see article 2) are as follows:—\nParagraph of Schedule 3 to the Act.\nSubject matter\nAppointed day\n10\nSection 50 (which relates to circulars to minors) to come into operation on appointed day.\n1st July 1977\n11\nSection 51 (which relates to the prohibition of unsolicited creditokens) to come into operation on appointed day.\n1st July 1977\n15\nSection 75 (which relates to the liability of a creditor for breaches by a supplier) to come into operation on appointed day.\n1st July 1977 but only in relation to regulated agreements made on or after that day\n9\nSection 49 (which relates to the prohibition of canvassing debtor-creditor agreements off trade premises) to come into operation on appointed day.\n1st October 1977\nArticles 3 and 4 introduce consequential amendments and repeals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/802/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."
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