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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-actamendment-order-1993/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2103",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act(Amendment) Order 1993",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of the Act of 1986 “a protected animal” shall include any invertebrate of the species Octopus vulgaris from the stage of its development when it becomes capable of independent feeding.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/3039",
      "affecting_title": "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012"
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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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