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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofters-scotland-act-1955-repealed-511994/section-40",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/3-4/21",
  "legislation_title": "Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (repealed 5.1.1994)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofters-scotland-act-1955-repealed-511994",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955.\n(2) This Act shall come into operation on such date as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint; and an Order under this subsection may appoint different dates in relation to different provisions of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "1.10.1955 appointed under s. 40(2) by S.I. 1955/1201 (1955 I, p. 558)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/3-4/21/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:15:08.239797+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."
}