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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-tax-act-1984/section-258",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-tax-act-1984/section-258.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/51",
  "legislation_title": "Inheritance Tax Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-tax-act-1984",
  "path": "section/258",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "258",
  "heading": "Service of documents.",
  "text": "A notice or other document which is to be served on a person under this Act may be delivered to him or left at his usual or last known place of residence or served by post, addressed to him at his usual or last known place of residence or his place of business or employment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/51/section/258",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:12.914001+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."
}