{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1981-repealed/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1981-repealed/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/50",
  "legislation_title": "Friendly Societies Act 1981 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1981-repealed",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Friendly Societies Act 1981.\n(2) This Act extends to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands but does not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/50/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:51.459835+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."
}