{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/malta-independence-act-1964/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/malta-independence-act-1964/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/86",
  "legislation_title": "Malta Independence Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/malta-independence-act-1964",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Fully responsible status of Malta.",
  "text": "(1) On and after such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint (in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”) Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of Malta.\n(2) No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to Malta as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of Malta.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "21.9.1964 appointed under s. 1(1) by S.I. 1964/1398, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/86/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:58:27.633778+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."
}