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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/30",
  "legislation_title": "Interpretation Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "References to distance.",
  "text": "In the measurement of any distance for the purposes of an Act, that distance shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/section/8",
    "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."
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}