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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/30",
  "legislation_title": "Interpretation Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Time of commencement.",
  "text": "An Act or provision of an Act comes into force—\n(a) where provision is made for it to come into force on a particular day, at the beginning of that day;\n(b) where no provision is made for its coming into force, at the beginning of the day on which the Act receives the Royal Assent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:28:41.068866+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
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}