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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992/section-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992/section-70.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/42",
  "legislation_title": "Transport and Works Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Commencement.",
  "text": "(1) The preceding sections of, and the Schedules to, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.\n(2) An order under subsection (1) above may include such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 70 power partly exercised (8. 6. 1992): 15. 7. 1992 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1992/1347, art. 2, Sch.S. 70 power partly exercised (27. 8. 1992): 7. 12. 1992 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1992/2043, art. 2.S. 70 power partly exercised (6. 11. 1992): 1. 1. 1993 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1992/2784, art. 2, Schs. 1, 2.S. 70 power partly exercised (1. 12. 1992): 22. 12. 1992 and 31. 1. 1993 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1992/3144, arts. 2, 3, Sch."
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:42.977920+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."
}