{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-variation-england-order-2007/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2708",
  "legislation_title": "The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-variation-england-order-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st October 2007.\n(2) This Order applies in relation to England only.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The powers under section 8(3) and (7) of the Pests Act 1954 are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the Welsh Ministers; see the reference to the Pests Act 1954 in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2708/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:43:47.768105+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."
}