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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-slaughter-act-1991/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-slaughter-act-1991/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/30",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals at Slaughter Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-slaughter-act-1991",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the 1974 Act” means the Slaughterhouses Act 1974; and\n“the 1980 Act” means the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1974 c. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1980 c. 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/30/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:38:00.434329+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."
}