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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-2-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-wales-order-2007/article-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/3065",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-2-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-wales-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Savings of codes of recommendations for welfare of livestock and transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 3, a code of recommendations for the welfare of livestock issued under section 3 of the 1968 Act—\n(a) has effect during the transitional period in relation to a farmed animal of the species to which the code relates as if the code had been issued under section 14 of the 2006 Act;\n(b) may be revised in accordance with sections 14 and 16 of the 2006 Act; and\n(c) may be revoked in accordance with section 17 of the 2006 Act.\n(2) In paragraph 1(a), the transitional period for a code of recommendations means the period between the coming into force of this Order and the revocation of that code of recommendations under section 17 of the 2006 Act.\n(3) A code of recommendations—\n(a) applies to a farmed animal of a species to which that code relates whether or not the animal is on agricultural land as defined in section 8(1) of the 1968 Act; and\n(b) does not include the “Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Domestic Fowls” which came into operation on 1 September 1987.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Available from the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/3065/article/3",
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  },
  "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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