{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1039",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 14th June 1988\nComing into force\nArticle 7 18th July 1988\nRemainder 21st June 1988\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 7(1), 8(1), 15(4), 72, 86(1) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22; section 86(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1039/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:05:14.164541+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."
}