{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-penalty-notices-act-2022/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-penalty-notices-act-2022/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/19",
  "legislation_title": "Animals (Penalty Notices) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-penalty-notices-act-2022",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“enforcement authority”, for a relevant offence, has the meaning given by section 1(4);\n“local authority” means—\n(a) a district council or county council in England,\n(b) a London borough council,\n(c) the Common Council of the City of London, or\n(d) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n“relevant offence” has the meaning given by section 1(2).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 9(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/19/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:06.790470+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."
}