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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-act-1979-commencement-no-3-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/306",
  "legislation_title": "The Credit Unions Act 1979 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-act-1979-commencement-no-3-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st September 2003 those provisions of the Credit Unions Act 1979 (subsections (2) and (3) of section 3) which are not already in force. These provisions specify that it is a criminal offence to use the name “credit union” except in certain specified circumstances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/306/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:14.657106+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."
}