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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provision-order-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3423",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provision) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provision-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "Subject to article 3, the following provisions of the 2004 Act shall come into force on 8th January 2007—\n(a) sections 17 to 21 (trial by jury of sample counts only);\n(b) section 30 (prosecution appeals);\n(c) section 56 (grants for assisting victims, witnesses etc);\n(d) section 58(1) (minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the provision referred to in paragraph (f);\n(e) Schedule 1 (modifications of sections 17 to 20 for Northern Ireland); and\n(f) paragraph 62 of Schedule 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3423/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:10:23.339192+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."
}