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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/schedule-2/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/30",
  "legislation_title": "Interpretation Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The definition in Schedule 1 of “enactment”, in so far as it relates to assimilated direct legislation, applies to subordinate legislation made at any time before the commencement of this Act as it applies to Acts passed at that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 8 inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1447), regs. 1(3), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 8 substituted (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 2(7) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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