{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/currency-and-bank-notes-act-1954/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/currency-and-bank-notes-act-1954/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/12",
  "legislation_title": "Currency and Bank Notes Act 1954",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/currency-and-bank-notes-act-1954",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—\n“bank notes” means notes of the Bank of England payable to bearer on demand;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3 the definitions of “bullion” and “coin” repealed by Currency Act 1983 (c. 9, SIF 10), s. 4, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/12/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:23.760633+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."
}