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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996/section-27",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/47",
  "legislation_title": "Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.\n(2) This Act comes into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor appoints by order made by statutory instrument.\n(3) Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of this Act extend only to England and Wales.\n(4) The repeal in section 30(2) of the Agriculture Act 1970 extends only to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1970 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 27(2): s. 27(2) power fully exercised (25.11.1996): 1.1.1997 for whole Act by S.I.1996/2974"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/47/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:50.698067+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."
}