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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-1-wales-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/1030",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-1-wales-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 come into force when this Order is made—\n(a) Sections 1 to 7;\n(b) Section 8(1), (2), (7) and (8);\n(c) Sections 9 to 12;\n(d) Section 13 and Schedule 1;\n(e) Sections 17 to 45;\n(f) Sections 51 and 52;\n(g) Section 53 and Schedule 2;\n(h) Sections 54 to 60;\n(i) Sections 62 and 63;\n(j) Section 64 to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 3 specified in paragraph (l);\n(k) Section 65 to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 4 specified in paragraph (m);\n(l) Schedule 3 except paragraph 3(1);\n(m) Schedule 4 except—\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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/1030/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:10.580079+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."
}