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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111530313",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012",
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  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Setting free and re-homing protected animals",
  "text": "In section 17A(1)(a), the reference to the Secretary of State’s consent does not include a consent given before these Regulations come fully into force, unless it was given under section 17A by virtue of regulation 1(3)(b).",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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