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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forced-marriage-civil-protection-act-2007-commencement-no1-order-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2779",
  "legislation_title": "The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (Commencement No.1) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forced-marriage-civil-protection-act-2007-commencement-no1-order-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is the first commencement order made under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (“the Act”).\nThe Order brings the following provisions of the Act into force on 25th November 2008: section 1, except in so far as it provides for section 63N (power to extend jurisdiction to magistrates’ courts) to be inserted into the Family Law Act 1996; section 3(1), in so far as it relates to Part 1 of Schedule 2 (except for paragraph 3(3) of that Part); and Part 1 of Schedule 2, except for paragraph 3(3) of that Part. As so commenced, section 1 inserts new Part 4A (Forced Marriage), less section 63N, into the Family Law Act 1996; and section 3(1) and Part 1 of Schedule 2 give effect to consequential amendments to the law of England and Wales, save for consequential amendments relating to section 63N.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2779/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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