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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-state-threats-act-2026/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/24",
  "legislation_title": "National Security (State Threats) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-state-threats-act-2026",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Consequential amendments",
  "text": "(1) The Schedule contains amendments that are consequential on this Act.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision that is consequential on any provision of this Act.\n(3) The provision that may be made by regulations under subsection (2) includes provision amending primary legislation.\n(4) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.\n(5) Regulations under this section which do not contain provision within subsection (3) are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(6) Regulations under this section which contain provision within subsection (3) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.\n(7) In this section “primary legislation” means—\n(a) an Act of Parliament,\n(b) a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru,\n(c) an Act of the Scottish Parliament,\n(d) Northern Ireland legislation,\nwhenever passed or made.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 7(1)"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/24/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:20.760082+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."
}