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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-great-britain-order-1987/article-47",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1758",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-great-britain-order-1987",
  "path": "article/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "A person shall be guilty of an offence who, without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on him, contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of article 46 and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2,000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/553",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1989"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1758/article/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:19:34.545107+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."
}