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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1980/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1980/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/25",
  "legislation_title": "Insurance Companies Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1980",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Insurance Companies Act 1980.\n(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "1.6.1980 appointed under s. 5(2) by S.I. 1980/678"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/25/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:05.681534+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."
}