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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-slaughter-act-1991/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-slaughter-act-1991/section-7.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/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Welfare of Animals at Slaughter Act 1991.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/30/section/7",
    "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."
}