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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-penalties-act-1987/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-penalties-act-1987/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/35",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Animals (Penalties) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-penalties-act-1987",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title, repeals, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Penalties) Act 1987.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 2(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/35/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:34.172667+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."
}