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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1997",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointed Day",
  "text": "(1) This article is subject to articles 4 and 7.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Act shall come into force on 1st September 2006 so far as not already in force on that date.\n(3) Sections 5 and 8 (prohibition of activities without consent etc., restriction of activities in relation to donated material), shall come into force on 1st December 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/2169",
      "affecting_title": "The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No.5 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2006"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1997/article/3",
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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."
}