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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-of-poisonous-waste-act-1972/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/21",
  "legislation_title": "Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-of-poisonous-waste-act-1972",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972.\n(2) Sections 3, 4 and 5(3) and (4) of this Act shall come into force on a day appointed by the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument; but subject as aforesaid this Act shall come into force on the date of its passing.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/21/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:08.122676+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."
}