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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-orders-special-procedure-act-1945/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-orders-special-procedure-act-1945/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/18",
  "legislation_title": "Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-orders-special-procedure-act-1945",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to regulate the procedure to be followed in connection with statutory orders required by any future enactment to be subject to special parliamentary procedure; to apply such procedure to orders made under certain existing enactments; and to enable such procedure to be applied to certain other orders.\n[20th December 1945]",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act excluded by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45, SIF 130), s. 99 (3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act modified by Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21, SIF 111), s. 1 (8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act extended (N.I.) by Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21, SIF 111), s. 1 (8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act excluded (S.) (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 108), s. 161(6), Sch. 7 para. 4(2) (with s. 167(4)(5)); S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2Act excluded (S.) (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 8, ss. 268(5), 278(5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 1.6.1946 by s. 12(2) (now repealed)."
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "By s. 1(8)(b) of the Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21) it is provided that this Act shall have effect as if it extended to Northern Ireland for certain purposes as there mentioned."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/18/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:26:04.215989+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."
}