{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/67",
  "legislation_title": "Factories Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Prohibition of use of white phosphorus in manufacture of matches.",
  "text": "(1) No person shall use white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act the expression “white phosphorus” means the substance usually known as white or yellow phosphorus.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/67/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:00.484732+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."
}