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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-act-2021/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/10",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-act-2021",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“devolved authority” has the meaning given in section 5(1);\n“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;\n“modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related expressions are to be read accordingly).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/10/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:59:07.471144+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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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