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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restriction-on-movement-of-spruce-wood-amendment-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restriction-on-movement-of-spruce-wood-amendment-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/971",
  "legislation_title": "The Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood (Amendment) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restriction-on-movement-of-spruce-wood-amendment-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 27th May 1988\nLaid before Parliament 7th June 1988\nComing into force 28th June 1988\nThe Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3(1), (2) and (4) of the Plant Health Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 8; section 3(1) and (2) was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8(1) and (3); section 3(4) was substituted by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 42. The powers conferred by section 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967 are conferred on “a competent authority”, which expression is defined in section 1(2), as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests, as the Forestry Commissioners."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/971/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:05:48.702664+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."
}