{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-material-offences-act-1983/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-material-offences-act-1983/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/18",
  "legislation_title": "Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-material-offences-act-1983",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (10.12.2009) by The Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (Isle of Man) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3203), arts. 1, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force for specified purposes at 24.7.1991 and otherwise in force at 2.10.1991 see s. 8(2) and S.I. 1991/1716, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 8(2): power exercised (24.7.1991) by S.I.1991/1716"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/18/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:09:25.729288+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."
}