get_legislation_section

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Read the actual WORDS of one section of a UK Act or statutory instrument — "what does section 5 of the Data Protection Act 2018 say", "quote section 1 of the Human Rights Act", "text of s.170 DPA 2018". Returns the full text of that section alone, so a specific provision does not cost a whole statute. Identify the legislation by type + year + number (Data Protection Act 2018 = ukpga/2018/12) and give the section number. UK law exists in VERSIONS and they differ in substance: pass version to choose "current" (default — the law as amended and in force today), "enacted" (the original text as passed), or a date YYYY-MM-DD for the text as it stood on that day. Every response states which version it served and the date that version took effect. Source: legislation.gov.uk, the official database. Use search_legislation or get_legislation first if you need the year and number.