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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-wales-amendment-order-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/516",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-wales-amendment-order-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/753 (W. 105)) (“the 2024 Order”).\nArticle 2(2) amends the coming into force date of articles 35 to 41 of the 2024 Order from 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2026.\nArticle 2(3) replaces the word “supervision” with “direction” throughout the 2024 Order to clarify that a veterinary surgeon does not necessarily need to be physically present when a person is taking a sample.\nArticle 2(4) extends the pre-movement testing window, where an animal is to be moved off a holding, from 30 to 60 days.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/516/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:49.781224+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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