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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-2000/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/44",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-2000",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title, construction, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000.\n(2) For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, this Act shall be taken to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of that Act.\n(3) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.\n(4) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1998 c. 46."
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7(2) in force at 1.8.2003 to the extent, if any, that it is not already in force by S.I. 2003/1935, art. 2"
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    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 7(3) power partly exercised (14.12.2000): 8.1.2001 appointed by S.I. 2000/3303, art. 2S. 7(3) power partly exercised (21.12.2000): 8.1.2001 appointed by S.S.I. 2000/452, art. 2"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/44/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:20.811235+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."
}