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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1680",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Protection Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-act-1987-commencement-no-1-order-1987",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the 1987 Act shall come into force on 1st October 1987–\n(a) Part II (consumer safety);\n(b) Part IV (enforcement) in so far as it has effect for the purposes of or in relation to Part II;\n(c) Part V (miscellaneous and supplemental) sections 37 to 47 in so far as they have effect for the purposes of or in relation to Part II;\n(d) section 48(1) (minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 4 mentioned in paragraph (j) below;\n(e) section 48(2)(b) (repeal of Fabrics (Misdescription) Act 1913);\n(f) section 48(3) (repeals) in so far as it gives effect to the repeals in Schedule 5 mentioned in paragraph (k) below;\n(g) section 49 (Northern Ireland);\n(h) section 50 (short title, commencement and transitional provision);\n(i) Schedule 2 (prohibition notices and notices to warn);\n(j) Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments) paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13;\n(k) Schedule 5 (repeals) the repeals set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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