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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-20A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-20A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/30",
  "legislation_title": "Interpretation Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978",
  "path": "section/20A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20A",
  "heading": "References to certain EU instruments",
  "text": "Where an Act passed after the commencement of this section refers to a EU instrument that has been amended, extended or applied by another such instrument, the reference, unless the contrary intention appears, is a reference to that instrument as so amended, extended or applied.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 20A inserted (8.1.2007) by Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), ss. 25(1), 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 20A substituted (1.12.2009) by European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), ss. 3, 8, Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2009/3143, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 20A heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1447), regs. 1(3), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 20A heading substituted (1.12.2009) by European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), ss. 3, 8, Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2009/3143, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/section/20A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:22:53.270208+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}