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  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/22",
  "legislation_title": "Animals Act 1971",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision with respect to civil liability for damage done by animals and with respect to the protection of livestock from dogs; and for purposes connected with those matters.\n[12th May 1971]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
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  "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."
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