{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-2-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2007/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-2-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2007/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2711",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) (England) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-2-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order—\n(a) may be cited as the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) (England) Order 2007; and\n(b) applies in England only.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1968 Act” means the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968; and\n“the 2006 Act” means the Animal Welfare Act 2006.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c.34"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2711/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:43:46.180964+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."
}