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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002-commencement-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002-commencement-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3044",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Health Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002-commencement-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the coming into force on 14th January 2003 of the following provisions of the Animal Health Act 2002 (c. 42)—\nProvisions of the Animal Health Act 2002\nSubject Matter\nSection 1\nFoot-and-mouth disease\nSection 2\nExtension of power to slaughter\nSection 3\nDisease control (slaughter) protocol\nSection 4\nExplanation of preventive slaughter\nSection 5\nSlaughter of vaccinated animals\nSection 6\nScrapie\nSection 7\nTreatment: power of entry\nSection 8\nSlaughter: power of entry\nSection 9\nTests and samples: power of entry\nSection 10\nInspection of vehicles\nSection 11\nObstruction\nSection 12\nDeliberate infection of animals\nSection 13\nPenalties for certain summary offences\nSection 14\nProsecutions: time limit\nSection 15\nDuty to consider vaccination\nSection 17\nAnnual review of import controls\nSchedule\nScrapie\nIn addition section 16 of the Animal Health Act 2002 (which relates to bio security guidance) is brought into force on 1st July 2003 and section 18 of that Act (which relates to the National contingency plan) is brought into force on 24th March 2003.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3044/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:36:56.926295+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."
}