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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-and-property-act-1981/section-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/24",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-and-property-act-1981",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Commencement.",
  "text": "This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 9: Power of appointment conferred by s. 9 fully exercised: S.I. 1981/1275; 1983/50"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/24/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:12.327195+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."
}