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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/destructive-imported-animals-act-1932/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/destructive-imported-animals-act-1932/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/22-23/12",
  "legislation_title": "Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/destructive-imported-animals-act-1932",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision for prohibiting or controlling the importation into and the keeping within Great Britain of destructive non-indigenous animals, for exterminating any such animals which may be at large and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[17th March 1932]",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) (2.7.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), s. 43(1), Sch. Pt. 2 (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2012/175, art. 2(1)(e) (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Department of Agriculture for Scotland now exercisable by Secretary of State: Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Style and title of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries now changed to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act modified (temp. 1.1.1993 to 31.12.1997) by S.I. 1992/3324, art. 4Act modified (temp. 1.1.1998 to 31.12.2000) by S.I. 1997/3002, art. 4Act modified (E.) (temp. 1.1.2001 to 31.12.2003) by S.I. 2000/3402, art. 4Act modified (S.) (temp. 1.1.2001 to 31.12.2003) by S.S.I. 2000/400, art. 5Act modified (W.) (temp. 1.1.2001 to 31.12.2003) by S.I. 2000/3340, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act: Functions of a Minister of the Crown transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.7.2011) by The Muntjac Keeping (Scotland) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/172), arts. 1(1), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Act excluded in part by S.I. 1937/478, art. 1(2) (as inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(q), Sch. 13 para. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at Royal Assent."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/12/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:06.294236+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."
}