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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-act-1999-repealed/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/1",
  "legislation_title": "European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-act-1999-repealed",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Commencement.",
  "text": "(1) The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.\n(2) An order under subsection (1) may—\n(a) appoint different days for different purposes;\n(b) include such transitional provisions and savings as the Secretary of State thinks expedient.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 5 power fully exercised (10.3.1999): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/717, art. 2(1)(2)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/1/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:08.979752+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."
}