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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-1986-commencement-order-1986/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-1986-commencement-order-1986/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/2117",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration Act 1986 (Commencement) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-1986-commencement-order-1986",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into force on 1st January 1987 the Land Registration Act 1986. This Act simplifies and modernises three areas of the law of land registration: conversion of title, registration and protection of leases, and the method of determining priority of dealings in certain equitable interests in registered land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/2117/note",
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  "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."
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