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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-1986-commencement-no-8-order-1988/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/740",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services Act 1986 (Commencement) (No. 8) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-1986-commencement-no-8-order-1988",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Except as provided in article 5 of this Order, section 57 of the Financial Services Act 1986 shall come into force on —\n(a) 6th May 1988 insofar as it relates to an advertisement not falling within sub-paragraph (b) or (c) below which is issued or caused to be issued by a person who is not an authorised person;\n(b) 29th May 1988 insofar as it relates to an advertisement issued for valuable consideration in a newspaper, journal, magazine or other periodical publication which is published at intervals of less than 7 days; and\n(c) 29th July 1988 insofar as it relates to an advertisement issued for valuable consideration either —\n(i) in any newspaper, journal, magazine or other publication which does not fall within sub-paragraph (b) above; or\n(ii) by way of sound broadcasting or television, by the exhibition of cinematographic films or by the distribution of recordings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/740/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:07:37.261010+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."
}