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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2849",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1992 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;\n“the commencement date” means 1st January 1998.\n(2) In these Regulations expressions which are also used in the 1992 Act have the same meanings as in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2849/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:41:49.797624+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."
}