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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/68",
  "legislation_title": "Pests Act 1954",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pests-act-1954",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make further provision with respect to the destruction or control of rabbits and other animals and birds, and to the use of spring traps for killing or taking animals.\n[25th November 1954]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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      "text": "Style and title of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries now changed to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)"
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      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
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      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food transferred by S.I. 1978/272, art. 2"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act extended by S.I. 1972/971, art. 4, Sch. 1Act: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1"
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  "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."
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