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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-england-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3249",
  "legislation_title": "The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-england-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "animals, england\nanimal health\nMade 5th December 2006\nComing into force 30th December 2006\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 7, 8(1), 11, 15(5), 17(1), 23, 25, 28, 35(1), 35(3), 38(1) and 65(A)(3) of the Animal Health Act 1981, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22, as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002 c. 42, S.I. 1992/3293 and S.I. 2003/1734. Powers of the Secretary of State under that Act were previously exercised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (see section 86(1)). Functions were transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1999/3141 and 2002/794. Functions exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales in relation to England were transferred to the Minister by S.I. 1999/3141 and were then transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2002/794."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3249/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:13:56.316011+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."
}