{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/11",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Fraud Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes.\n(3) The power under this section to appoint a day for the coming into force of the provisions of sections 1 and 2 shall not authorise the appointment for those purposes of any day before the issue of the code of practice that must be issued under section 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 20(1)(2) power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/3251, art. 2S. 20(1)(2) power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/3689, art. 2S. 20(1)(2) power partly exercised: 26.2.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2002/403, art 2S. 20(1)(2) power partly exercised: 30.4.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2002/1222S. 20(1)(2) power partly exercised: 28.1.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2002/117, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/11/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:07.049690+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."
}