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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-sex-based-harassment-in-public-act-2023/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-sex-based-harassment-in-public-act-2023/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/47",
  "legislation_title": "Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-sex-based-harassment-in-public-act-2023",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Extent, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) This Act extends to England and Wales only, subject to subsection (2).\n(2) An amendment made by section 3 has the same extent as the provision amended.\n(3) Sections 1, 2 and 3 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(4) Different days may be appointed for different purposes.\n(5) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.\n(6) This Act may be cited as the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 4(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/47/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:51.154612+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."
}