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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-act-1975/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-act-1975/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/63",
  "legislation_title": "Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-act-1975",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.\n(2) This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.\n(3) This Act shall come into force on 1st April 1976.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended (prosp.)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1996/27",
      "affecting_title": "Family Law Act 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/63/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:36:30.615081+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."
}