{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zimbabwe-independence-order-1980/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zimbabwe-independence-order-1980/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1980/394",
  "legislation_title": "The Zimbabwe Independence Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zimbabwe-independence-order-1980",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOUTHERN RHODESIA\nMade 19th March 1980\nLaid before Parliament 20th March 1980\nComing into Operation 21st March 1980\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of March 1980\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHer Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the Zimbabwe Act 1979, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/394/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:03:33.206409+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."
}