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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1981-commencement-order-1981/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/953",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Act 1981 Commencement Order 1981",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The appointed day for the purposes of the provisions of sections 2 to 7 and 8(4) and (5) of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Social Security Act 1981 (the provisions of that Act which did not come into operation on its passing on 2nd July 1981) is 10th August 1981.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:36:43.327346+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."
}