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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1925/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/15-16/71",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health Act 1925",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1925",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Short title, construction and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Health Act 1925.\n(2) Parts I, II, VI and VIII of this Act and the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1907, may be cited together as the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1925 . . .\n(3) Parts I, II, VI and VIII of this Act shall be construed as one with the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1907 . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Ss. 1(4), 2(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 1(5) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:42:30.715118+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."
}