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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/23-24/17",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Animals (Cruelty To Dogs) Act 1933",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act the expression \" dog licence \" means a licence under the 30 & 31 Vict. c. 5.Dog Licences Act, 1867, and the expression \" keep \" has the same meaning as in that Act, and so much of section eight of that Act as relates to the method of determining by whom a dog is kept shall apply accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/23-24/17/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:20.599279+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."
}