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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perpetuities-and-accumulations-act-2009/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/18",
  "legislation_title": "Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perpetuities-and-accumulations-act-2009",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Perpetuity period",
  "text": "(1) The perpetuity period is 125 years (and no other period).\n(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the instrument referred to in section 1(2) to (6) specifies a perpetuity period; and a specification of a perpetuity period in that instrument is ineffective.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "S. 5 in force at 6.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/37, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/18/section/5",
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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."
}