{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/internationally-protected-persons-act-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/internationally-protected-persons-act-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/17",
  "legislation_title": "Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/internationally-protected-persons-act-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to implement the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1973.\n[30th June 1978]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/17/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:04.929821+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."
}