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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-proceedings-and-property-act-1970/section-43",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/45",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Proceedings And Property Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-proceedings-and-property-act-1970",
  "path": "section/43",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "†Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Any reference in any provision of this Act, or in any enactment amended by a provision of this Act, to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the date on which that provision comes into force.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , this Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 40-42, 43(2), Schs. 1-3 repealed by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 54(1), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/45/section/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:56.452167+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."
}