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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-scotland-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/196",
  "legislation_title": "The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (Scotland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-scotland-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 5th April 2006\nComing into force 5th April 2006\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 7(1), 8(1), and 87(5)(a) of the Animal Health Act 1981, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22, see section 86(1) for the definition of “the Ministers”. The functions of the Ministers of the Crown were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:12.617338+00:00"
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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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