{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prices-act-1974/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prices-act-1974/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/24",
  "legislation_title": "Prices Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prices-act-1974",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Short title and interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Prices Act 1974.\n(2) In this Act “food” means food and drink for human consumption.\n(3) In this Act any reference to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 16 Group 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 9(4) amended by Prices Act 1975 (c. 32), s. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/24/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:44:59.065847+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."
}