{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defective-premises-act-1972/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defective-premises-act-1972/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/35",
  "legislation_title": "Defective Premises Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defective-premises-act-1972",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Defective Premises Act 1972.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on 1st January 1974.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/35/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:56.578460+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."
}