{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-damage-by-pests-application-to-shipping-order-1951/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-damage-by-pests-application-to-shipping-order-1951/introduction.json",
  "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": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PESTS\nMade 31st May 1951\nLaid before Parliament 31st May 1951\nComing into Operation 1st October 1951\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of May, 1951\nPresent,\nThe King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHis Majesty, in pursuance of subsection (1) of Section 23 of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1951/967/introduction",
    "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."
}