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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farriers-registration-act-1975/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farriers-registration-act-1975/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/35",
  "legislation_title": "Farriers (Registration) Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farriers-registration-act-1975",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to prevent and avoid suffering by and cruelty to horses arising from the shoeing of horses by unskilled persons; to promote the proper shoeing of horses; to promote the training of farriers and shoeing smiths; to provide for the establishment of a Farriers Registration Council to register persons engaged in farriery and the shoeing of horses; to prohibit the shoeing of horses by unqualified persons; and for purposes connected therewith.\n[22nd May 1975]",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 19(2)(3)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/35/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:37:57.666079+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."
}