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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009/section-60",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009/section-60.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/24",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009",
  "path": "section/60",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Extent",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—\nsection 24 and Schedule 4 (loss of benefit provisions);\nsection 36 (power to rename council tax benefit); and\nthis section and sections 61 and 62.\n(2) Section 56 and Schedule 6 (birth registration) extend to England and Wales only.\n(3) Subject to subsection (4), the other provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.\n(4) Any amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.\n(5) Subsection (4) is subject to paragraph 20(2) of Schedule 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/24/section/60",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:45.980880+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."
}