{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-ministry-register-regulations-2026/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-ministry-register-regulations-2026/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/193",
  "legislation_title": "The National Ministry Register Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-ministry-register-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Ministry Register Regulations 2026.\n(2) This regulation and regulation 8 come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are laid before Parliament.\n(3) Regulations 2 to 7 come into force on 30th January 2027.\n(4) In these Regulations, “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in England under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.\n(5) A requirement in these Regulations to provide information (however it is expressed) is to be read as a requirement to do so in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/193/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:25.470553+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."
}