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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-act-1991-commencement-and-appointed-day-order-1991/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1742",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Commencement and Appointed Day) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-act-1991-commencement-and-appointed-day-order-1991",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The provisions of the Act, so far as not already in force, shall come into force on 12th August 1991.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (E.W.) (3.3.2015) by The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/138), art. 1(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at made date"
    }
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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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