{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestate-succession-interest-and-capitalisation-order-1977/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestate-succession-interest-and-capitalisation-order-1977/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/1491",
  "legislation_title": "The Intestate Succession (Interest and Capitalisation) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestate-succession-interest-and-capitalisation-order-1977",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Intestate Succession (Interest and Capitalisation) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 15th September 1977.\n(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1491/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:49:39.405714+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}