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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-5-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3196",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-5-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 shall come into force on 5th December 2005—\n(a) section 2 (additional considerations if parties are cohabitants or former cohabitants);\n(b) section 3 (“cohabitants” in Part 4 to include same-sex couples);\n(c) paragraphs 34, 35, 40, 41 and 42 of Schedule 10 (minor and consequential amendments); and\n(d) the entry in Schedule 11 (repeals) relating to section 41 of the Family Law Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 27."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3196/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}