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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-1-england-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/499",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-1-england-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 23rd March 2007, for the purpose of making regulations under them—\n(a) section 5(4) and (5);\n(b) section 6(4) to (6), (8)(b) and (14).\n(2) The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 6th April 2007—\n(a) sections 1 to 4;\n(b) sections 5 and 6, to the extent that they are not already in force;\n(c) section 7;\n(d) section 8(1), (2), (7) and (8);\n(e) sections 9 to 12;\n(f) section 13 and Schedule 1;\n(g) sections 17 to 45;\n(h) sections 51 and 52;\n(i) section 53 and Schedule 2;\n(j) sections 54 to 60;\n(k) sections 62 and 63;\n(l) sections 64 and Schedule 3, except in so far as they relate to paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3;\n(m) section 65 and Schedule 4, except in so far as they relate to the following entries in Schedule 4—\n(i) section 2 of the Pet Animals Act 1951 (c.35);\n(ii) sections 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c.34);\n(iii) sections 37 to 39 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (c.22) and paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to that Act;\n(n) section 66.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/499/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:04:15.903062+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."
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