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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-act-1971/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-act-1971/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/22",
  "legislation_title": "Animals Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-act-1971",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Application to Crown.",
  "text": "(1) This Act binds the Crown, but nothing in this section shall authorise proceedings to be brought against Her Majesty in her private capacity.\n(2) Section 38(3) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (interpretation of references to Her Majesty in her private capacity) shall apply as if this section were contained in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1947 c. 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/22/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:16.336253+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}