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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-official-languages-act-2012/section-3",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2012/1",
  "legislation_title": "National Assembly for Wales (Official Languages) Act 2012",
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  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "This Act—\n(a) may be referred to as the National Assembly for Wales (Official Languages) Act 2012, and\n(b) comes into force on the day after it receives Royal Assent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 13.11.2012, see s. 3(b)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2012/1/section/3",
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  },
  "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."
}