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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dissolution-and-calling-of-parliament-act-2022/section-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/11",
  "legislation_title": "Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dissolution-and-calling-of-parliament-act-2022",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Extent, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to subsection (2).\n(2) An amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent as the provision amended, repealed or revoked.\n(3) This Act comes into force on the day on which it is passed.\n(4) This Act may be cited as the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 6(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/11/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:20.640931+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."
}