{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-and-canal-commission-abolition-act-1949/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/11",
  "legislation_title": "Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-and-canal-commission-abolition-act-1949",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and repeal.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act, 1949, and shall come into force on such day as His Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(2), Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "1.4.1949 appointed under s. 8(1) by S.I. 1949/603"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/11/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:22:09.039874+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."
}