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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-leave-bereavement-act-2024/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-leave-bereavement-act-2024/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/17",
  "legislation_title": "Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-leave-bereavement-act-2024",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extent, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.\n(2) This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (2) are to be made by statutory instrument.\n(4) This Act may be cited as the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 29.12.2025 by S.I. 2025/1342, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/17/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:48:14.550751+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."
}