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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-birds-etc-miscellaneous-amendment-and-revocation-scotland-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2021/444",
  "legislation_title": "The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Birds etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendment and Revocation) (Scotland) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-birds-etc-miscellaneous-amendment-and-revocation-scotland-order-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nMade 29th November 2021\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 1st December 2021\nComing into force 4th December 2021\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 7, 8(1), 11, 17(1), 23 and 25 of the Animal Health Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22; section 8(1) was amended by section 34(2) of the Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21). Powers to make Orders under these sections were originally conferred on “the Minister” or “the Ministers”, as defined in section 86(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981. The functions of the Minister or Ministers were, in so far as within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/444/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:52:44.688439+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."
}