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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-and-consular-premises-act-1987-commencement-no-2-order-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2248",
  "legislation_title": "The Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-and-consular-premises-act-1987-commencement-no-2-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st January 1988:\nsection 1 of the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 (which provides for the acquisition and loss by land of diplomatic or consular status);\nsections 2, 3 and 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act (which provide for the vesting of former diplomatic or consular premises in the Secretary of State and his duty to sell such premises);\nsection 5 of the Act (interpretation); and\nsection 8 of the Act (financial provision).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2248/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:13:59.056533+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."
}