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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-amendment-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/296",
  "legislation_title": "The Treatment of Spruce Bark (Amendment) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-amendment-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 12th February 2002\nLaid before Parliament 12th February 2002\nComing into force 5th March 2002\nThe Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3(1) to (4) of the Plant Health Act 1967 as read with section 20 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 8; paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 3 were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). Section 1(2) of the Plant Health Act 1967 defines “competent authorities” for the purposes of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 62."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/296/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."
}