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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-weights-and-measures-order-1999/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-weights-and-measures-order-1999/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/503",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation (Weights and Measures) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-weights-and-measures-order-1999",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Weights and Measures) Order 1999.\n(2) In this Order “the 1985 Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985.\n(3) This Order shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 72."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/503/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:54.788911+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."
}