{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/59",
  "legislation_title": "The Bluetongue (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nAnimal Health\nMade 15th February 2008\nComing into operation 16th February 2008\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 and Articles 5(1), 10(6), 12(1), 14, 19, 20, 44, 46(7A) and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I.1981/1115 (N.I.22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.) Art.17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Art.20, 22 and 23"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/59/introduction",
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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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