{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-by-products-enforcement-england-regulations-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-by-products-enforcement-england-regulations-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2952",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-by-products-enforcement-england-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals, England\nAnimal Health\nPublic Health, England\nMade 18th November 2013\nLaid before Parliament 21st November 2013\nComing into force 12th December 2013\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 .\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health .\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the reference to Commission Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 (implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive ) to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c 68.Section 2(2) is amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c 7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c 51)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2027."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "OJ No L 54 26.2.2011, p 1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 717/2013 (OJ No L 201, 26.7.2013, p 31)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations functions transferred and modified (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Instrument functions transferred and modified (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2952/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:34:20.692508+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."
}