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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1986-commencement-no-4-order-1986/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1959",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Act 1986 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1986",
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  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "Subject to the exceptional provisions in articles 3 and 4, the day appointed for the coming into force–\n(a) of the provisions of the Social Security Act 1986 specified in Part I of the Schedule to this order is 15th March 1987;\n(b) of the provisions of that Act specified in Part II of the Schedule to this order is 6th April 1987;\n(c) of the provisions of that Act specified in Part III of the Schedule to this order is 7th April 1987.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1959/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:38:34.850481+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."
}