{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1956/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1956/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/69",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1956",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act shall not extend to Scotland, . . ..\n(2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland, except section fifty . . ..",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(1)(2) repealed (5.11.1993) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Gp. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/69/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:14:21.606031+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."
}