{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleansing-of-persons-act-1897/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/60-61/31",
  "legislation_title": "Cleansing of Persons Act 1897",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleansing-of-persons-act-1897",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Power to local authorities to provide cleansing, &c. for persons infested with vermin.",
  "text": ". . . Any local authority shall have the power, when in their discretion they shall see fit, to permit any person who shall apply to the said authority, on the ground that he is infested with vermin, to have the use, free of charge, of the apparatus (if any) which the authority possess for cleansing the person and his clothing from vermin . . .\nLocal authorities may expend any reasonable sum on buildings, appliances, and attendants that may be required for the carrying out of this Act . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29), Sch. 7 Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 43), s. 381, Sch. 14"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/60-61/31/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:23.316119+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."
}