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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-temporary-class-drug-order-2012/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-temporary-class-drug-order-2012/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/980",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-temporary-class-drug-order-2012",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2012 and comes into force on 5th April 2012.\n(2) In this Order the “2001 Regulations” means the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/3998. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/1432, S.I. 2003/1653, S.I. 2003/2429, S.I. 2004/1771, S.I. 2005/271, S.I. 2005/1653, S.I. 2005/2864, S.I. 2005/3372, S.I. 2006/986, S.I. 2006/1450, S.I. 2006/2178, S.I. 2007/2154, S.I. 2009/3136, S.I. 2010/1144, S.I. 2010/1799, S.I. 2011/448, S.I. 2012/277 which was not published and was revoked by S.I. 2012/385, and S.I. 2012/973."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/980/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:01.890259+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."
}