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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-safeguards-act-2018/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/15",
  "legislation_title": "Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-safeguards-act-2018",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Extent",
  "text": "(1) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to the rest of this section.\n(2) An amendment made by this Act has the same extent within the United Kingdom as the provision amended.\n(3) Where regulations under section 2 amend or repeal any provision of—\n(a) the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000, or\n(b) the Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978,\nthe power under section 12(4) of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 may be exercised so as to extend the amendment or repeal (with or without modifications) to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/15/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:52.665742+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."
}