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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-act-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/12",
  "legislation_title": "House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-act-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords; to make provision about resignation from the House of Lords; to abolish the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary peerages; and for connected purposes.\n[18th March 2026]\nBe it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/12/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:54.381145+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."
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