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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/28",
  "legislation_title": "Taking of Hostages Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Taking of Hostages Act 1982.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by section 6(2) fully exercised: 26.11.1982 appointed by S.I. 1982/1532, art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/28/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:12:08.628136+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."
}