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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-amendment-order-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3094",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-amendment-order-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 1st December 1994\nLaid before Parliament 8th December 1994\nComing into force 29th December 1994\nThe Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967, as read with section 20 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 8; sections 2(1), 3(1) and (2) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragaph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967 are conferred on “a competent authority”, which expression is defined in section 1(2), as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests, as the Forestry Commissioners."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 62."
    }
  ],
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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."
}