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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-1998/section-158",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-1998/section-158.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/38",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-1998",
  "path": "section/158",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "158",
  "heading": "Commencement.",
  "text": "(1) Parts I and II, the provisions of Part III other than sections 50 and 51, Parts IV to VI and section 152 (and Schedule 18) shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.\n(2) Different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 158 power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1998/2244S. 158 power partly exercised: 1.12.1998 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1998/2789S. 158 power partly exercised: 1.2.1999 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/118S. 158 power partly exercised: 1.4.1999 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/782S. 158 power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/1290S. 158 power partly exercised: 14.5.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/1756"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/38/section/158",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:21.754966+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."
}