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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-scotland-amendment-order-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2025/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-scotland-amendment-order-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 10th June 2025\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 12th June 2025\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 8(1) 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": "1981 c. 22. Section 8 was amended by paragraph 1(a) and (b) of schedule 2 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11) and section 34(2)(a) and (b) of the Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21). Powers to make Orders under these sections were originally conferred on “the Ministers” as defined in section 86(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981. The functions of the Ministers were, in so far as within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/176/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:35:18.701874+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."
}