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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008-commencement-no-1-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2371",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Commencement No 1) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008-commencement-no-1-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st October 2008—\n(a) Part 1 and Schedules 1 to 3 (the Local Better Regulation Office);\n(b) Sections 24(1)(b), 24(1)(c), 28(6), 28(7) and 34 and paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 4;\n(c) Part 3 and Schedules 5 to 7 (civil sanctions); and\n(d) Part 4 (regulatory burdens).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2371/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:44.321531+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."
}