{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/60",
  "legislation_title": "Theft Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Short title, and general provisions as to Scotland and Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Theft Act 1968.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This Act does not extend to Scotland or, . . . to Northern Ireland, except as regards any amendment or repeal which in accordance with section 33 above is to extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 36(2) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:53.355488+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."
}