{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kiribati-independence-order-1979/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kiribati-independence-order-1979/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Kiribati Independence Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kiribati-independence-order-1979",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Kiribati Independence Order 1979.\n(2) This Order shall be published by exhibition at the Maneaba in Maungatabu and shall come into operation on 12th July 1979 (in this Order referred to as “Independence Day”):\nProvided that section 4(2) of this Order shall come into operation forthwith.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/719/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:17:20.973164+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."
}