{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offenders-day-of-release-from-detention-act-2023/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offenders-day-of-release-from-detention-act-2023/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/25",
  "legislation_title": "Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offenders-day-of-release-from-detention-act-2023",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Extent, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) Section 1 extends to England and Wales.\n(2) Section 2 and this section extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n(3) This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.\n(4) This Act may be cited as the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 12.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1329, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/25/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:26.830773+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."
}