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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-and-families-act-2006/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-and-families-act-2006/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/18",
  "legislation_title": "Work and Families Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-and-families-act-2006",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) Sections 16 to 18, this section and section 20 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.\n(2) The other provisions of this Act come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument.\n(3) An order under this section—\n(a) may make different provision for different purposes;\n(b) may include supplementary, incidental, saving or transitional provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/18/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:33.794173+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."
}