{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-damage-by-pests-application-to-shipping-order-1951/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1951/967",
  "legislation_title": "The Prevention of Damage by Pests (Application to Shipping) Order 1951",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-damage-by-pests-application-to-shipping-order-1951",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "All references in Part I of the Act to an owner or occupier of land, or to the duty of a local authority to secure that their district is so far as practicable kept free from rats and mice shall have effect subject to the following modifications:—\n(a) general references to an owner of land shall be construed as references to the owner of a vessel which is not a sea-going ship;\n(b) general references to an occupier of land shall be construed as references to the person having the custody or control of a vessel which is not a sea-going ship;\n(c) general references to the duty of a local authority to secure so far as practicable that their district is kept free from rats and mice shall be construed as including a duty to secure so far as practicable that any vessel in their district which is not a sea-going ship is kept free from rats and mice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1951/967/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T02:10:32.606929+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."
}