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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/racial-and-religious-hatred-act-2006/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/1",
  "legislation_title": "Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/racial-and-religious-hatred-act-2006",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Hatred against persons on religious grounds",
  "text": "The Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Act, which creates offences involving stirring up hatred against persons on religious grounds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 partly in force; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 3(2); s. 1 in force for certain purposes at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2490, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/1/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:31.315914+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."
}