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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/64",
  "legislation_title": "Public Order Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Extent",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales except so far as they—\n(a) amend or repeal an enactment which does not so extend, or\n(b) relate to the extent of provisions to Scotland or Northern Ireland.\n(2) The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland—\nin Part I, section 9(2) except paragraph (a);\nin Part II, sections 12 and 14 to 16;\nPart III;\nPart V, except sections 38, . . ., 40(4), subsections (1) and (3) of this section and any provision amending or repealing an enactment which does not extend to Scotland.\n(3) The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland—\nsections 38, 41, this subsection, and section 43.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 42(2) repealed (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(3), 172(2), Sch. 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1987/463 (N.I. 7), art. 28(1), Sch. 1 para. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/64/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:53:53.024565+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."
}