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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-act-1958/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/51",
  "legislation_title": "Public Records Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-act-1958",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make new provision with respect to public records and the Public Record Office, and for connected purposes.\n[23rd July 1958]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act excluded by Australian Constitution (Public Record Copy) Act 1990 (c.17, SIF 101),s. 1"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(2), Sch. 23 Pt. I para. 9 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act restricted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 116(1) (with s. 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2Act modified (temp.) (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 116(2) (with s. 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act excluded (24.4.2000) by S.I. 2000/942, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act applied (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 66(4), 68(1)-(3), Sch. 5 para. 6(1) (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act restricted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) , s. 146(1)(2)(3), the amending provision coming into force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act.Act modified (temp) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) , s. 146(2), the amending provision coming into force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Act modified (15.7.2026) by Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act 2026 (c. 27), ss. 55(7), 63(1)"
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 1.1.1959 see s. 13(3)."
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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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