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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-commencement-no-1-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1077",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-commencement-no-1-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force, immediately, certain sections of the Family Law Act 1996. These are Part I (general principles underlying Parts II and III of the Act), section 22 (funding for marriage support services), Part III (legal aid for mediation) and Part II of Schedule 8 (consequential amendments to the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1077/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:09:38.054172+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."
}