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title</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p><ref href="#">Section 1</ref> extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><ref href="#">Section 2</ref> extends to Northern Ireland only.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">This section</ref> extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><ref href="#">Sections 1</ref> and <ref href="#">2</ref> come into force on 6 April 2026.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">This section</ref> comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of <ref href="#">section 1</ref>.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland may by regulations made by statutory rule for the purposes of the <ref eId="c00033" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1573/contents">Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12))</ref> make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of <ref href="#">section 2</ref>.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Act 2026.</p></content></subsection></section></body></act></akomaNtoso>