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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trading-schemes-act-1996/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/32",
  "legislation_title": "Trading Schemes Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trading-schemes-act-1996",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Trading Schemes Act 1996.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 5(2) power fully exercised (13.1.1997): 6.2.1997 for whole Act by S.I. 1997/29, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/32/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T07:28:12.495570+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."
}