{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/173",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nAnimal Health\nMade 28th May 2013\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 30th May 2013\nComing into force 28th June 2013\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 1, 8(1), 8A, 15(3), (4) and (5), 17(1), 23, 35(3) and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981 , and all other powers enabling them to do so .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c.68 (“the 1972 Act”). Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. The powers in section 2(2) are exercised in relation to articles 12, 18 and 20 of this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1981 c.22 (“the 1981 Act”). Section 8 was amended by paragraph 1 of schedule 2 to the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11). Powers to make Orders under these sections were originally conferred on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86(1) of the 1981 Act). The functions of the Ministers were, insofar as within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "The powers to make this Order are exercised together by virtue of section 33(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10). The Order is subject to the negative procedure by virtue of section 33(4) of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/173/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:39:26.364839+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."
}