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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/30",
  "legislation_title": "Interpretation Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Construction of subordinate legislation.",
  "text": "Where an Act confers power to make subordinate legislation, expressions used in that legislation have, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning which they bear in the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 11 applied (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3144, reg. 1(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 11 excluded (E.W.) (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1972, reg. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 11 applied (30.10.2005) by The Medicines (Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2750), regs. 1, 2(3) (with transitional provisions in reg. 12, Sch. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 11 excluded (S.) (1.8.2007) by The Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/152), reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 11 excluded (W.) (31.8.2007) by The Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2310), reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 11 excluded (S.) (1.8.2012) by The Education (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/389), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:28:41.068866+00:00",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}