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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/badgers-act-1973-repealed-16101992/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/badgers-act-1973-repealed-16101992/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/57",
  "legislation_title": "Badgers Act 1973 (repealed 16.10.1992)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/badgers-act-1973-repealed-16101992",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Short title, extent and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Badgers Act 1973.\n(2) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.\n(3) This Act shall come into force at the expiry of six months beginning with the date of its passing.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/57/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:44.867505+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."
}