{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999-commencement-no-7-order-2000/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999-commencement-no-7-order-2000/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2698",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999-commencement-no-7-order-2000",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949;\n“the 1969 Act” means the Family Law Reform Act 1969;\n“the 1970 Act” means the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970;\n“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 76."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1969 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1970 c. 34."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2698/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:12:54.135623+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."
}