{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-1990-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-order-1991/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/480",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 1991",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "1st April 1991 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990—\n(a) section 37 (amendments to the Abortion Act 1967), and\n(b) section 48(1) (extent) so far as it relates to section 37.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 87."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}