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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-international-law-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1995-commencement-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/995",
  "legislation_title": "The Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (Commencement) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-international-law-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1995-commencement-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st May 1996 as the day on which Part III of the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 shall come into force for the whole of the United Kingdom. Part III establishes new choice of law rules in relation to proceedings brought in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a tort or delict.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/995/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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