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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023-sovereign-base-areas-order-2024/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/993",
  "legislation_title": "The National Security Act 2023 (Sovereign Base Areas) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023-sovereign-base-areas-order-2024",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the provisions of the UK Act as set out in the Schedule, including the modifications as set out in that Schedule;\n“the Crown” means His Majesty in right of His Administration of the Sovereign Base Areas and in right of His Government of the United Kingdom;\n“Sovereign Base Areas” means the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as referred to in section 2(1) of the Cyprus Act 1960;\n“the UK Act” means the National Security Act 2023, as it has effect in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1960 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/993/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:09.167841+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."
}