{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1976/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1976/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/31",
  "legislation_title": "Legitimacy Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1976",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Legitimacy Act 1976.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/31/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:30:12.646739+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."
}