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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-commencement-no-3-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2572",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law Act 1996 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-commencement-no-3-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings paragraph 16(5)(a), (6)(b) and (7) of Schedule 8 to the Family Law Act 1996 into force on 1st November 1998, subject to transitional provisions.\nThe provisions being brought into force insert section 31(7A) to (7F) into the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, extending the range of ancillary orders available to the court, including the power to make a lump sum order or a property adjustment order on the discharge of a periodical payments order or secured periodical payments order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2572/note",
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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."
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