{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/30",
  "legislation_title": "Conservation of Seals Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Repeal.",
  "text": "(1) The Grey Seals Protection Act 1932 and the reference to section 2(1) of that Act in Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967 are hereby repealed.\n(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Grey Seals Protection Act 1932 all prosecutions and proceedings in respect of offences under that Act committed before the coming into force of this Act may be continued, commenced, taken or prosecuted as if this Act had not been passed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1932 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1967 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1932 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of s. 16(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/30/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:10.851947+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."
}