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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-scotland-order-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-scotland-order-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2202",
  "legislation_title": "The Spring Traps Approval (Scotland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-scotland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Spring Traps Approval (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 26th August 1996.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to “the Schedule” is a reference to the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2202/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:20.204873+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."
}