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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-345",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-345.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/66",
  "legislation_title": "Highways Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980",
  "path": "section/345",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "345",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Highways Act 1980.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on 1st January 1981.\n(3) This Act (except paragraph 18(c) of Schedule 24) extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/345",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:26:54.963801+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}