{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bees-act-1980/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bees-act-1980/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/12",
  "legislation_title": "Bees Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bees-act-1980",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“authorised person” means a person generally or specially authorised in writing by the responsible Minister;\n“bees” includes bees in any stage of their life cycle;\n“bee product” means any natural product of the activities of bees (such as, for example, honey or beeswax) in its natural state; and\n“the responsible Minister” means—\n(a) in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and\n(b) in relation to Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/12/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:27:40.233038+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."
  }
}