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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-amendment-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2995",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-amendment-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 29th August 2001\nLaid before Parliament 6th September 2001\nComing into force 30th September 2001\nThe Forestry Commissioners in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3(1), (2) and (4) of the Plant Health Act 1967 as read with section 20 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 8; section 2 and paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 3 were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8. Section 1(2) of the Plant Health Act 1967 defines “competent authorities” for the purposes of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 62."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2995/introduction",
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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."
}