take effect
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The schedule changes will take effect in June.
From Los Angeles Times
The bill needs to receive Royal Assent, or formal approval, in the UK before it takes effect.
From BBC
North of Stockholm, the Rosersberg prison is making preparations to house children as young as 13 in response to a much-criticised juvenile judicial reform expected to take effect in July.
From Barron's
Murphy blocked the votes taken by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices from taking effect and put on hold the new committee appointments.
The plaintiffs requested a temporary restraining order to bar the law from taking effect while challenges make their way through the courts.
From Salon
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