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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/70",
  "legislation_title": "Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docking-and-nicking-of-horses-act-1949",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to restrict the docking and nicking of horses and the importation of docked horses.\n[24th November 1949]",
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  "status": null,
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      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Style and title of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries now changed to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)"
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      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
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      "text": "Certain functions of Ministers of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food transferred by S.I. 1978/272, art. 2"
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
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