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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981/section-58",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981/section-58.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/22",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Health Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981",
  "path": "section/58",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Regulations.",
  "text": "(1) A regulation of a local authority may be proved—\n(a) by the production of a newspaper purporting to contain the regulation as an advertisement; or\n(b) by the production of a copy of the regulation purporting to be certified by the clerk of the local authority as a true copy.\n(2) A regulation so proved shall be taken to have been duly made, unless and until the contrary is proved.\n(3) A regulation of a local authority authorised by this Act or by an order of the Minister shall alone be deemed for the purposes of this Act a regulation of a local authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/22/section/58",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:14.497777+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."
}