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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-variation-england-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-variation-england-order-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals, England\nPrevention Of Cruelty\nMade 8th January 2021\nComing into force 31st January 2021\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3) and (7) of the Pests Act 1954 and now vested in the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 68. Section 8(7) was amended by section 1(1) of, and Part 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries was re-named “the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food” upon the transfer to that Minister of the functions of the Minister of Food by S.I. 1955/554. The functions of the Minster of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2002/794."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/19/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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