{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-crime-act-2001/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-crime-act-2001/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/3",
  "legislation_title": "Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-crime-act-2001",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "Parts 1 to 3 and section 43 and the Schedule shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes or different areas.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 44 power partly exercised: 1.10.2001 appointed for specified provision by S.I. 2001/3215, art. 2; S. 44 power partly exercised: 2.1.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/4059, art. 2; S. 44 power partly exercised: 21.10.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. {2002/1914}, art. 2; S. 44 power partly exercised: 17.9.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. {2002/2377}, art. 2; S. 44 power partly exercised: 1.12.2002, 1.1.2003 and 1.3.2003 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. {2002/2957}, arts. 1- 4"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/3/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:15.084371+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."
}