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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-commissioners-amendment-act-1996-commencement-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/970",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 1996 (Commencement) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-commissioners-amendment-act-1996-commencement-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Coming into force of the Act",
  "text": "(1) The Act shall come into force on 1st April 1996.\n(2) Sections 2(2), 4(2) and 6(1) of the Act shall apply in relation to—\n(a) action beginning on or after 1st April 1996;\n(b) action beginning before that date if it can reasonably be said that part of the same action occurs on or after that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/970/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:46:13.359321+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."
}