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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1969/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1969/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/59",
  "legislation_title": "Law of Property Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1969",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Law of Property Act 1969.\n(2) This Act, except section 28(6), shall come into force on 1st January 1970.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/59/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:50.937349+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."
}