{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lyon-king-of-arms-act-1867/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/30-31/17",
  "legislation_title": "Lyon King of Arms Act 1867",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lyon-king-of-arms-act-1867",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Salary of heralds and pursuivants.",
  "text": "No herald or pursuivant shall be entitled to exact any fees, but each herald or pursuivant so appointed shall receive, in lieu of fees, such salary as the Treasury shall from time to time approve, payable as aforesaid: Provided always, that no herald or pursuivant shall pay or give to the Lyon King of Arms any consideration for his appointment, and if any such consideration shall have been paid or given by any such herald or pursuivant, his appointment shall be null and void.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/30-31/17/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:00:14.960737+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."
}