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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997/section-72",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/55",
  "legislation_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997",
  "path": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Justices of the Peace Act 1979.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/55/section/72",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:01.284091+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."
}