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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/party-wall-etc-act-1996-commencement-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/670",
  "legislation_title": "The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (Commencement) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/party-wall-etc-act-1996-commencement-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings the provisions of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (“the Act”) into force on 1st July 1997.\nArticle 4 provides that sections 1, 2 and 6 of the Act shall not apply to work commenced before 1st September 1997 where that work is carried out in accordance with any agreement, easement or right other than a right arising under or by virtue of the Act. This means that such work can begin without prior notice under the Act, provided that it does so before 1st September 1997.\nArticle 5 states that article 4 does not apply to any part of Greater London to which Part VI of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 applied before 1st July 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/670/note",
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  },
  "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."
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