{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-damage-by-rabbits-act-1939/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-damage-by-rabbits-act-1939/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/2-3/43",
  "legislation_title": "Prevention of Damage by Rabbits Act 1939",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-damage-by-rabbits-act-1939",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions as to use of poison in rabbit holes.",
  "text": "A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section eight of the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, by reason only that he uses poisonous gas in a rabbit hole, or places in a rabbit hole a substance which, by evaporation or in contact with moisture generates poisonous gas.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1911 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 4 applied by Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48), s. 98"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/43/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:34.607200+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."
}