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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-act-2021/section-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/10",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-act-2021",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Part comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.\n(2) The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.\n(3) The power of a Minister of the Crown to appoint a day under subsection (2) includes a power to appoint a time on a day if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so (including a time that has effect by reference to the coming into force of any other enactment).\n(4) Regulations under subsection (2) may make transitional, transitory or saving provision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/10/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:59:07.471144+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
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}