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<Text><InternalLink Ref="section-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/13/section/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/13/section/3">This section</InternalLink> extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</Text>
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<Text><InternalLink Ref="section-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/13/section/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/13/section/1">Sections 1</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="section-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/13/section/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/13/section/2">2</InternalLink> come into force on 6 April 2026.</Text>
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<Text><InternalLink Ref="section-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/13/section/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/13/section/3">This section</InternalLink> comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</Text>
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<Text>The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of <InternalLink Ref="section-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/13/section/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/13/section/1">section 1</InternalLink>.</Text>
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<Text>The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland may by regulations made by statutory rule for the purposes of the <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1573/contents" id="c00033" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1979" Number="1573" SectionRef="contents">Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12))</Citation> make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of <InternalLink Ref="section-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/13/section/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/13/section/2">section 2</InternalLink>.</Text>
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<Text>This Act may be cited as the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Act 2026.</Text>
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