{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-scotland-amendment-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/234",
  "legislation_title": "The Bluetongue (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-scotland-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 5th June 2008\nComing into force 6th June 2008\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 8(1), 17(1), 23 and 28 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": "1981c.22. Powers to make Orders under these sections were originally conferred on “the Ministers”, as defined in section 86(1) of the Act. The functions of the Ministers were, insofar as within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/234/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."
}