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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pesticides-act-1998/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pesticides-act-1998/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/26",
  "legislation_title": "Pesticides Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pesticides-act-1998",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "This Act—\n(a) may be cited as the Pesticides Act 1998;\n(b) comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed; and\n(c) extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/26/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:44.752466+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."
}