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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equipment-theft-prevention-act-2023/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/34",
  "legislation_title": "Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equipment-theft-prevention-act-2023",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Extent, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) This Act extends to England and Wales.\n(2) This Act comes into force at the end of the period of six months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.\n(3) This Act may be cited as the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 20.1.2024, see s. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/34/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:02.431939+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."
}