{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-and-other-pensions-act-1987/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-and-other-pensions-act-1987/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/45",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-and-other-pensions-act-1987",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1987.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Leader of the House of Commons may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.\n(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 7(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1987/1311, 1989/892"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/45/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:26.714592+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."
}