{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/18",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Causes Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.\n(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3(2) ... of Schedule 2 below, this Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. VII"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 55(2) fully exercised: 1.1.1974 appointed by S.I. 1973/1972, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/18/section/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:46.859204+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."
}