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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-scotland-act-1912/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/2-3/14",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-scotland-act-1912",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "†Commencement, saving for pending proceedings, and short title.",
  "text": "1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912; and this Act and the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, may be cited together as the Protection of Animals Acts, 1911 and 1912.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 15, 16(1)(2), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c.42)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1911 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/2-3/14/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:10:36.749465+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."
}