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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-animals-environment-and-food-etc-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2897",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-animals-environment-and-food-etc-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nAnimals, England And Wales\nAnimal Health\nAnimal Welfare\nEnergy Conservation, England And Wales\nEnvironmental Protection\nFood, England And Wales\nPublic Health, England\nMade 15th November 2012\nLaid before Parliament 21st November 2012\nComing into force 24th December 2012\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and medicinal products , measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health , food (including drink) including the primary production of food , the environment and the environmental aspects of product design .\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Part 1 of the Schedule."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811; the function of the former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of making subordinate legislation under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2027; the function of the former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of making subordinate legislation under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2901."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/1552."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "The power of the Secretary of State to make an Order in relation to Wales remains exercisable by virtue of paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). The power of the Secretary of State to make an Order extending to Scotland remains exercisable by virtue of section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 2008 (c.46). The power of the Secretary of State to make an Order extending to Northern Ireland remains exercisable by virtue of article 3(2) of the European Communities (Designation) (No 3) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1812) and article 2(a) of the European Communities (Designation) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/301)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "1981 c.22. There are amendments to section 8 of the Animal Health Act 1981 which are not relevant to this Order. Functions conferred under that Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86) are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State. Functions of “the Ministers” in relation to England were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141). Functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were then transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2897/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:12:57.013347+00:00"
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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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