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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-and-transport-for-london-act-2003/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukla/2003/3",
  "legislation_title": "London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-and-transport-for-london-act-2003",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003 and, except for—\nsection 4 (Penalty charges for road traffic contraventions);\nsection 5 (Contraventions of lorry ban order: supplementary);\nsection 7 (Disapplication of offences); and\nsection 16 (Vehicle crossings over footways and verges),\nshall come into operation at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(2) The said sections 4, 5, 7 and 16 shall come into operation on the appointed day.\n(3) This Act and the London Local Authorities Acts 1990 to 2000 may be cited together as the London Local Authorities Acts 1990 to 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2003/3/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:19.510288+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."
}